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open-weights

open-weights — Concept. definition: Model whose weights are downloadable and runnable (≠ open training pipeline); opens up the self-host option and reversibility, without being equivalent to open-source in the strict sense · geopolitical reading (Ball): Intrinsically decelerationist: deter AI capex and create a "veil of ungovernability" over AI; their generalization would lead to "AI communism"

definition
Model whose weights are downloadable and runnable (≠ open training pipeline); opens up the self-host option and reversibility, without being equivalent to open-source in the strict sense
geopolitical reading (Ball)
Intrinsically decelerationist: deter AI capex and create a "veil of ungovernability" over AI; their generalization would lead to "AI communism"

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