Comment by vinhnx
2 days ago
Deep respect for DeepSeek and what they've done regarding all the innovations and researches they have been putting out in-the-open.
"Because every line shared becomes collective momentum that accelerates the journey. Daily unlocks begin soon. No ivory towers - just pure garage-energy and community-driven innovation" is a great phase.
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I'm empathetic to this argument, but it feels like it's doing a disservice to the open source ethos in general.
Pragmatic as china is, they may actually see the long term value of being open research leaders to short term profit. They are not as bound to immediate and constant growth as we are, their horizons do not change so dramatically every 4 years to say the least.
Don't many respected developers care deeply about their research being open source? I'm no expert but I've read many an article (maybe I'll buy your bridge, too) that suggests willingness to open source research holds at least some weight in some researchers choosing their company. It strikes me as at least possible some of that is earnest, sure even deepseek isn't open source open source, no training set etc. but it feels like they deserve the benefit of the doubt.
All that said I'm still a student, a master of none, so cannot speak first hand to any of this. Just offering another point of view
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