Comment by utilize1808
10 days ago
Have you seen legitimate corporates use cracked software? If you do, then your competitors will report you; your employees will blackmail you. The risk is too great.
10 days ago
Have you seen legitimate corporates use cracked software? If you do, then your competitors will report you; your employees will blackmail you. The risk is too great.
This assumes the same reward ratio also continues, but that's not the case. A cutting edge LLM is something much more valuable than a cracked copy of Word. Just like the LLM providers themselves decided violating copyright was an acceptable risk, it entirely depends on how people see the tradeoffs, rather than being a categorical decision.
While that might be true, it is unlikely that open source models' capability will ever surpass frontier models --- if you have the best model (by some margin), then people will want to access it, even if it means going through compliance.
> it is unlikely that open source models' capability will ever surpass frontier models
Sure about that? Would you invest in products almost no-one can buy?
otoh, maybe China stop releasing their best models
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I've seen "legitimate companies" commit piracy on a scale that well exceeds all cracked software piracy combined.
Microsoft shipped windows for years with files signed by a warez group because Microsoft developers had used a piece of pirated software. Nothing happened.
Then they'll outsource dev work to agencies that have no frills with it and move along.
As a company it is your responsibility to ensure your contractors are compliant. So won't work.
I see your comments scattered across this thread with most converging on this thesis: "The US govt will regulate away the ability of US corporations and individuals to use unsanctioned AI models."
Which is a fair thesis. I've seen you counter people's predictions of how they think things will pan as a consequence. But what I'd really like to hear is what you think happens (in the US and internationally) as a consequence of such regulations?
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He said copyright infringement. The company tfa is about literally trained its models using massive copyright infringement.