DeepSeek-R1! Sputnik Moment? Paradigm Shift? Black Swan? Genie / Bottle? (January 27, 2025)
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K “A new, free, open-source, large language model? Holy smokes!”
J “Holy Toledo! Seems from the early reports that the cost of training and developing DeepSeek’s model is only a small fraction of what is required for OpenAI or Meta Platform Inc.’s best products? And available to everyone for free? Say what?”
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J “The big American monopolists have invested massive amounts of money in hardware and energy centers that now may be less important if freely available software will do the trick. They will lose huge monopolistic margins. They will not be amused.”
K “What appears to be a gift to the people of the world is also an existential threat to western financial interests.”
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K “Will the Deep State deep six DeepSeek?”
J “The country that considers itself the greatest democracy is threatened by a program or protocol that democratizes artificial intelligence.”
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J “Stay tuned.”
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Bumper stickers of the week:
Will the Deep State deep six DeepSeek?
Stay tuned
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