If the frontier models reach a point of barely any noticeable improvements the trade off changes.
You do not need a perfect substitute if you are getting it for free...
People will factor in future expectations about the development of open source vs frontier models. Why do you think OAI and anthropic are pushing hard on marketing? its for this reason. They want to get contractual commitments that firms have to honour whilst open source closes the gap.
The person they were responding to said "Open models have the same performance on coding tasks now." AFAIK this is bullshit, but I'd love to be corrected if I'm wrong.
They dont have to be parity today.
If the frontier models reach a point of barely any noticeable improvements the trade off changes.
You do not need a perfect substitute if you are getting it for free...
People will factor in future expectations about the development of open source vs frontier models. Why do you think OAI and anthropic are pushing hard on marketing? its for this reason. They want to get contractual commitments that firms have to honour whilst open source closes the gap.
The person they were responding to said "Open models have the same performance on coding tasks now." AFAIK this is bullshit, but I'd love to be corrected if I'm wrong.