8 daysIt’s been obvious for a while that scaling has hit diminishing returns (‘let’s voluntarily slow down’ like they can actually go faster) and the ‘just one more datacenter bro’ has stopped working.
Much smaller models have proven adequate for what the technology does well and the only thing stopping people moving to them wholesale is (probably illegal) market cornering. There is no moat but what they make.
At least it’s looking like there’s a good chance they won’t get to IPO and steal pension funds and crash economies as badly as they might have. SpaceX actually has worthwhile technology mixed in but xAI still managed to drag it down. Anthropic and OpenAI would go over like a lead balloon now and it’s only going to get worse as they continue to bring nothing new to the table.
- GardenGeek@europe.pubEnglish8 days
They see the bubble collapsing and want to postpone the inevetable by ,voluntarily slowing" development.
- Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish8 days
It’s just the responsible thing to do, create panic to use as a smoke screen for all the other shit you’re hiding.
I’m sure there’s corporate jargon for doing this, but professionally
Proactive stakeholder management, perhaps
