I Worry Open Source LLMs Are Next

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

Now that Anthropic’s Fable 5 is banned by the US government, my next fear is that the government will come after open source LLMs. And, yet, I understand that there are real fears about security associated with LLMs.

I just…I guess I was having too much fun waiting with baited breath for the next LLM and the idea that only a select few government elites might get to enjoy what happens next is kind of annoying.

And, what’s worse, the idea that even open source LLMs might be banned or restricted is also kind of annoying. And, yet…I suppose such things were inevitable. LLMs are just growing too advanced and there is a real risk that bad actors will use them to hurt people.

It does make one wonder about what all of this means for the potential advent of ASI down the road. Is it possible that we may achieve ASI but the government will keep it to itself?

That, in itself, is an interesting story idea. Ha!