Hanno Reinhannorein@mastodon.social
Oct 24, 2026, 2:30 PM@koen_hufkens @frincon @keithnator3000 How do you feel about open weight models? For me this mostly resolves the theft issue, but it does not address the consent one.
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Koen Hufkens, PhDkoen_hufkens@mastodon.socialOct 24, 2026, 4:33 PM@hannorein @frincon @keithnator3000 For some re-use there is no need for consent, for others there is (given the scope of the re-use). e.g. using my mostly AGPL code is OK - if they not only share the weights, but arguably also the tooling, which would be implied by the license. Which means any API stacks, the lot. Again people play fast and loose on that part.
- Koen Hufkens, PhDkoen_hufkens@mastodon.socialOct 24, 2026, 4:41 PM
@hannorein @frincon @keithnator3000 There are very few truly open models around (which take into account consent, licensing, or only use public domain data). Most open models violate the spirit of open (science). The idea in most open models is that they "invested" in the stolen material (model training) which justifies the theft if giving you free access to the models, therefore "offsetting" the harm and lack of consent.
- Koen Hufkens, PhDkoen_hufkens@mastodon.socialOct 24, 2026, 5:07 PM
@hannorein @frincon @keithnator3000 To quote Aaron Swartz, all software is political. Big tech consistently, and intentionally, ignores the political dimension of their work. The assumption of move fast and break things is that if you can outrun the political dimension for long enough you get to set that agenda, too.