Why is it a problem that the Chinese labs are just distilling down Anthropic’s models? Aren’t Anthropic’s models not just distilling down other people’s work?
Feels like Anthropic crying do as I say not as I do.
It ain't gonna happen. At work I have a dropdown menu in vscode with a dozen models to use interchangeably. They're all essentially commodities and will compete on price and squash almost all profit margin.
That's not their business model. They won't win on price, but they won't compete on price. Their business model is making the current state of the art.
If I'm a business and I need something done today, and bc Anthropic has the best model, there's a 99.9 chance it will be completed successfully for $1000. And using Deepseek there's a 70% chance it will, for $10 - you or me will go for the $10. Big businesses don't. Bc 1000 per task is nothing to them.
Actually opposite occurs. Big businesses are ok with a mediocre but cheaper result. Very few are willing to pay such cost. Just look at tech wages and the distributions
cmiles8 · · focus · HN ↗
Feels like Anthropic crying do as I say not as I do.
jorblumesea · · focus · HN ↗
it's not complex. there's hundreds of billions of investor dollars counting on vendor lock in and walled gardens
2OEH8eoCRo0 · · focus · HN ↗
dpweb · · focus · HN ↗
If I'm a business and I need something done today, and bc Anthropic has the best model, there's a 99.9 chance it will be completed successfully for $1000. And using Deepseek there's a 70% chance it will, for $10 - you or me will go for the $10. Big businesses don't. Bc 1000 per task is nothing to them.
bushbaba · · focus · HN ↗