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   obrhoff (obrhoff@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 03:04:23 JST obrhoff

   It’s strange to see how U.S. politics is panicking over DeepSeek. Is this what the launch of Sputnik felt like?

   As a European observer (with no Skin in the game), I’m also surprised by how “unwelcoming” their achievement feels in the AI landscape. Especially since it’s still open source, compared to “OpenAI”.

   It feels like the U.S. is so accustomed to being a dominant economy that it struggles to fully comprehend this.
   #deepseek #openai #genai #llm

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     obrhoff (obrhoff@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 04:49:57 JST obrhoff

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     • Leroy

     @leroy Makes sense. I guess a lot of people also feel their investment is threatened.

     I guess the free market is only cool, if the “right” people win.

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     Leroy (leroy@indiehackers.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 04:49:59 JST Leroy

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     @obrhoff I feel like it’s the general capitalist situation. WE must praise efficiency above or else, even as we lose our jobs. Efficiency is progress.
     However, when another power achieves better efficiency we must panic and boycott/war. Their efficiency is meaningless and/or threatening OUR livelihoods.

     Empires fought over trade routes, forcing trade route changes (sea over land, longer routes over canals, canals over longer routes as they change hands) etc.