On DeepSeek, and stuff
Feb. 10th, 2025 04:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fridiIn 2023, Meta released its AI code as open source. For those not familiar with it, "open source" means that the code is publicly available. DeepSeek has also released its code as open source.
Another factor is that the US bans exports of certain high-powered and AI-specific chips. This forced DeepSeek's developers to optimize the code to run on slower / standard hardware.
Meta sees this as a win. Why? Because releasing their code as open source allowed an innovator to optimize it in ways that they didn't. Meta's chief AI scientist (Yann LeCun), also says that thinking about this as "China beating the US" are looking at it the wrong way. It's about open source working better than closed source.
Now. Here's a question..
Another factor is that the US bans exports of certain high-powered and AI-specific chips. This forced DeepSeek's developers to optimize the code to run on slower / standard hardware.
Meta sees this as a win. Why? Because releasing their code as open source allowed an innovator to optimize it in ways that they didn't. Meta's chief AI scientist (Yann LeCun), also says that thinking about this as "China beating the US" are looking at it the wrong way. It's about open source working better than closed source.
Now. Here's a question..
