I appreciate the speculation this provides, i hadn't considered the possibility of selling improved rankings within the models that get released. I could imagine a similar speculation being written ~25 years ago of "what if these new search engines started allowing advertisers to bid to rank higher in search results".
With the call to action of "raise your own model", what might that actually look like? Will it be feasible for individuals, or would there need to be some trusted open source foundation that creates the "Linux" of models?
I've been helping with a small portfolio of Slack apps under the brand https://happybara.io, including Nightowl (multi-DM broadcast for Slack, like BCC for email), and Channitor (channel management & auto-archiving).
It's been a really interesting journey making mistakes & learning from them.
One mistake that made me feel foolish:
I assumed no one would ever pay for one of the apps. A paywall was added "just in case" -> boom, customers almost immediately started signing up. I felt incredibly silly after that, especially for the number of times I've read on HN and similar sites "your work is valuable" and "charge more".
This is neat, I appreciate that even if I can't use the service, i still learned something new about what's possible. Gonna keep it in the back-pocket for sharing with friends.
Also reminded me of when Justin Jackson talked about how he hired his kids for help with real projects and the positives from it https://justinjackson.ca/flipping-tables
With the call to action of "raise your own model", what might that actually look like? Will it be feasible for individuals, or would there need to be some trusted open source foundation that creates the "Linux" of models?