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Kolibri: A Sovereign Open-Weight Model

668 points · 327 comments · bastitx

  1. 9dev · · focus · HN ↗
    Aleph Alpha is just a sad joke by now. The talent isn't there anymore, they never managed to catch up to the other labs, failed to deliver on several projects, and by now are just a cash grab for the investors.
    1. gchamonlive · · focus · HN ↗
      Only if you think in terms of short term gains, but thinking in the long run, doesn't really matter if these models are crap today, all models will eventually be obsolete, unless we plateau hard on every aspect of the tech.

      What matters is to have good sovereign models in 5, 10, 20 years time.

      1. 9dev · · focus · HN ↗
        For the same reason it didn't matter whether coach makers were able to build carriages that went 5% faster when the automobile was introduced, and for the same reason it won't matter if VW and Mercedes are going to improve their EV lineup in the next 5, 10, 20 years time. Their window of opportunity will be long gone and the momentum elsewhere; most probably, the market will even have evolved further by then.
        1. hypfer · · focus · HN ↗
          And who are you, exactly?
          1. switchbak · · focus · HN ↗
            Well, they're "Head of Engineering @ matchory.com"

            And who are you to be asking such questions?

            1. hypfer · · focus · HN ↗
              Someone mad at this random guy who can't even fix his de domains SSL cert (cloudflare of course) destructively shitting on any efforts at doing something good.

              Someone that builds things instead of merely "managing".

              Someone pissed by this exact style of default github pfp business-person ruining this country. If they haven't left for SV already, in which case I hope that they will stay there.

              1. switchbak · · focus · HN ↗
                So you're mad that they mentioned German cars? And that they're a manager? And something about an SSL cert, really?

                Serious projection issues, and anger to boot. Maybe take a walk outside, that was a very silly comment to get so worked up about.

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