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This talking head is dead wrong. The best open source models are currently Chinese, not western. Qwen 2.5 is the best open source model on the planet and has been for some time. Deepseek is innovating with new techniques that they didn't copy from anywhere. EngineAI has humanoid robots that walk as smoothly as people. Unitree robot dogs can dance on one paw while someone hits them with a bat and they don't fall over. China does not need western models. Math will not be contained. The techniques that make for great models are not some secret that only a few people know. They are widespread and easily accessible. The more legislators listen to these kind of idiotic, bobble head political takes, the more we will cede the hard and soft power of open source to places that don't share our values. The west made the open source movement and now we're ceding its power through our own stupidity and ignorance and because we listen to folks who do not understand the trillions in economic value open source has meant for the US, Europe and the world, not to mention the influence over development and standards. The cloud runs on western open source, the router in your house, your phone, every super computer on the planet, this website you're reading this on, your ham radio, robots, and much much more. You do not get to have kind-of-open software and get the same effects. Open means open. Closed would never have gotten us the cloud. Closed would not have gotten our supercomputers to the levels they are now. If the west doesn't make the best open source models then someone else will and we are the less for it.

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