And yet people will continue to argue that llms are demonstrating understanding and problem solving. This shit is just Eliza on steroids. I’m not saying it didn’t require skill or knowledge to create, but it is in no way close to what it is being billed as.

Because the government would have to hire the employees directly for this, versus the company that is contracted to do so.

When the government contracts for IT equipment, it comes with terms about maintenance, updates, and life cycle. It would require a much higher cost, especially in FTE funding, to ensure that open source code is viable and safe before deployment. I’m not implying that there are zero risks or errors with contracts, though they do provide some benefits.

Depending on your activities, 1 month is about the lifespan of a burner anyway.

Unfortunately, the US ruined the faith many countries have in vaccination missions because we just had to kill a renal patient, that we trained and funded, who “went off the reservation.”

This is already the case. It is illegal to grow crops from unpurchased seed, you have to buy it every year.