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NYU's Ravid Shwartz Ziv argues open-source AI will surpass proprietary models, drawing pushback from academic Xin Eric Wang

Wang argues proprietary leaders only lose by making mistakes

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Ravid Shwartz Ziv@ziv_ravid#663inTech

If the Knicks can come back from 29 down in the Finals, your open-source model can beat Claude 💪

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Users in the replies criticize the researcher's underdog analogy urging open-source models to overtake Claude because it dismisses competing teams as arrogant and stupid.

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@ziv_ravid In both scenarios, the other teams were just too arrogant and stupid to maintain the lead.

If the Knicks can come back from 29 down in the Finals, your open-source model can beat Claude 💪

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