I won't follow the trend of self-hosting a large language model
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There are ideological reasons to prefer an open source model. I also think the nokia analogy is pretty thin, but I would never get an iPhone. I don't know what the app store equivalent for Altman's company is though. I also don't know if it's worth perpetuating a monopoly for it.
If you don't need an llm at all though, I agree don't use one.
What are your ideological reasons to prefer an open source model?
For Altman's company specifically, it was supposed to be a nonprofit organization for the open creation of a safe ai. Then chatgpt starting working with incredible results, and somehow OpenAi became a for-profit company without release the models that they were supposed to release. They still haven't released the models, despite giving access to the results to anyone who pays.
Add in regulatory capture attempts by major companies that will stiffle innovation (and potentially lead to models that can be trained and used without a few billion) and the case for using open models is strong.
We already have Big Bank, Big Food, Big Pharma, Big Tech, so I won't be surprised that we will have Big AI in the future where only 3 companies control it. It's almost inevitable, unfortunately.