Meta researcher: horrifying infra, not talent, is why OSS can't catch closed frontier
A_K_Nain · x · 2026-10-23
Meta research engineer AKNain argues that open-source AI is struggling to catch up with the closed frontier not for lack of talent, but because of its foundational infrastructure: so many bugs are lurking in the stack that it is "beyond repair" and needs a full rewrite.
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