Anyone scrapping to (re)train LLMs is a selfish capitalist who doesn't care who they inconvenience &/or hurt.
We've enough LLMs for the foreseeable future. None are as Free and Open as we'd like, but I'm sure it's not someone trying to build a truly #FOSS LLM that's DDoS'ing #LWN rn.
All new #LLM training should stop *immediately*; continuing now on training is unconscionable. If you work for a company that is still training, I urge you to resign in protest.
Agreed in the main, @bkuhn.
I imagine an obvious response is “if we don't keep putting *new* data into the #LLM, it will fall out of date”. As far as it goes, yes that's true.
To which I'd respond: so what, why is that so urgent? Why should the internet be degraded for that? Not enough to justify the hammering of websites, the bulldozing of consent, the active deception to pass blocks, the refusal to countenance anything except #Hyperscaler interests. Stop it all, now.
@bignose Even more than whether it is urgent, & even whether or not you're pro or against *using* LLM-gen-AI, the world is still figuring out if these monstrosities they are useful *for* (if anything).
The ballyhoo is clearly wrong, but I also think those who say they are not useful for anything are also wrong.
We (humanity) need at least two years to even begin to understand what we have & what it's for. Let's pause and figure that out without capitalists in the driver's seat.
Jonathan Corbet
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