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Nathan Lambert says distillation’s impact on US AI competitiveness is not clear-cut
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- Nathan Lambert
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- argues that distillation is not necessarily bad for US AI competitiveness
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Glad to see more institutions exploring these ideas. I don’t think it’s cut and dry that distillation is bad for the US’s AI competitiveness.
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Nathan Lambert challenged the view that distillation harms US AI competitiveness, saying its impact is not clear-cut. He welcomed more institutions exploring the ideas, without claiming that distillation necessarily benefits US competitiveness.
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