The gap between local open-weight and cheap closed models: smallest ever, yet worth trillions
nptacek · x · 2026-11-10
doranalytics argues the gap between what you can do with local open-weight models and cheap closed-weight models is somehow both the smallest it has ever been and a chasm worth trillions — an observation on the open vs. closed model divide resharing widely.
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