Import AI 476: Creativity and RSI; worse-than-China open weight models; AI goes to space
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Themes like "worse-than-China" open-weight models and AI in space underscore how capability, openness, and deployment domains are decoupling. Leaders should be explicit about where they need frontier performance, where open but weaker models suffice, and how far from Earth — literally and figuratively — they’re willing to push autonomy.
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