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Re:The Unbearable Cheapness of Open Weight Models by NitpickLawyer on Thursday June 25, 2026 @04:22AM (#48670546)
No one is getting fired for using SotA.
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Re:The Unbearable Cheapness of Open Weight Models by spwa4 on Thursday June 25, 2026 @04:29AM (#48670599)
If the price difference is 2x? Sure.

If the price difference is 50x? No way.

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Re:The Unbearable Cheapness of Open Weight Models by brainwad on Thursday June 25, 2026 @04:43AM (#48670696)
So long as the benefit:cost ratio is still sufficiently high, I don't think anyone gets fired for not scrimping. Better to encourage positive EV behaviour by your employees than to scare them away by firing them for not being perfectly optimal.
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Re:The Unbearable Cheapness of Open Weight Models by ThunderSizzle on Thursday June 25, 2026 @05:34AM (#48671106)
The CEO won't get in trouble, but the employee who can't justify a bad result/prompt?
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Re:The Unbearable Cheapness of Open Weight Models by RobotToaster on Thursday June 25, 2026 @05:00AM (#48670856)
Tell that to Oracle
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Re:The Unbearable Cheapness of Open Weight Models by watwut on Thursday June 25, 2026 @05:56AM (#48671237)
Accenture says "yeah totally CEOs will pay a lot for literal nothing"
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Re:The Unbearable Cheapness of Open Weight Models by dualvariable on Thursday June 25, 2026 @01:11PM (#48676414)
Laughs in 2005-era VMWare and EMC...
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Re:The Unbearable Cheapness of Open Weight Models by saltcured on Thursday June 25, 2026 @12:21PM (#48675683)
Well, getting laid off during the bankruptcy spiral is a form of firing.

But that is months away, so not my problem?

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