Comment by pants2
> Their value is as a structural check on the power of proprietary systems
Unfortunately that doesn't pay the electricity bill
> Their value is as a structural check on the power of proprietary systems
Unfortunately that doesn't pay the electricity bill
It kind of does, because the proprietary systems are unacceptable for many usecases because they are proprietary.
There's a lot of businesses who do not want to hand over their sensitive data to hackers, employees of their competitors, and various world governments. There's inherent risk in choosing a propreitary option, and that doesn't just go for LLMs. You can get your feet swept up from underneath you.