Open-source models keep trailing the frontier — for now we can pick our ideology
panickssery · x · 2026-10-09
panickssery argues the open-source community may not be thinking far enough ahead about much stronger models, but for now — and the foreseeable future — we're lucky that open models consistently trail the frontier, so people can choose their ideology. The implicit question: how long will that dual-track equilibrium last?
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