Who's afraid of Chinese models?

Post by w4lker » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 9:32 AM UTC

ballon_monkey wrote: post #233

The 2 things people need to remember: 1) China can (and does) use the models to influence the west. They train in false information about Taiwan and Hong Kong. Or pretend like history is in favor of China. 2) Ignoring the models containing false information, they are incredible. But you should be scared of running inference via the model creators directly. If you think your data is safe compared to running it via mod…

Post by tesnorindian » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 9:36 AM UTC

Post by tesnorindian » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 9:48 AM UTC

chimp_brain wrote: post #454

tesnorindian wrote: post #453

Are the open weights models accelerating layoffs in Indian IT sector?

They are neither accelerating or decelerating layoffs in Indian IT sector, from what I know they were bound to happen as software and IT were never hard skills. They were anyway supposed to move to Africa or other countries within a decade, so a lot of executives were cautious even before 2023. AI has simply killed the opportunity for an Infosys or TCS in countries in Africa or even other South Asian countries.

Post by podgorniy » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 9:50 AM UTC

ballon_monkey wrote: post #233

The 2 things people need to remember: 1) China can (and does) use the models to influence the west. They train in false information about Taiwan and Hong Kong. Or pretend like history is in favor of China. 2) Ignoring the models containing false information, they are incredible. But you should be scared of running inference via the model creators directly. If you think your data is safe compared to running it via mod…

Post by sajithdilshan » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 9:51 AM UTC

Gareth321 wrote: post #409

TripolitianFish wrote: post #326

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’d love to live in the USA you’re talking about friend. This is just oriental despotism paranoia, whatever cutsie repetition slogan you come up with is not a serious argument.

It's not a secret that China is run as an authoritarian dictatorship. Xi Jinping cannot be ousted in an election. He appointed himself for life, and regularly purges anyone who might usurp his power. They don't have a functioning democracy. Are you seriously disputing any of this? None of this excuses issues with American democracy.