Comment by wk_end

9 hours ago

That's the way the world's been since the integrated circuit was first developed, for better or worse.

No, it's not.

The point isn't some people not understanding whatever stuff with limited effects, it's no people understanding anything important.

Mathematics is about describing fundamental reality, so you can change it. When corporations own it exclusively, they can do whatever they want with it.

  • > The point isn't some people not understanding whatever stuff with limited effects, it's no people understanding anything important.

    Using an LLM doesn't mean "I must write this code in a way that I cannot understand it". I'd encourage using the LLM to write code in a way that you can understand.

    > When corporations own it exclusively, they can do whatever they want with it.

    This is an argument in favour of open-weight models.