Only if you buy their math, which basically is "hey, if we don't do any training we can actually make a profit".
The problem with that math is that if they don't do any training they would be out of the market in 12 months, they're only relevant ("profitable") precisely because they trained the current reference SOTA model.
They can't just release Mythos and sit on top of it forever, competition is catching up fast and people expect a new more powerful model every 6 months.
Peter Thiel is the definition of "rich people bad", he's the stereotype of the billionaire who wants to rule over the state because somehow he knows what's best for us.
What?! That's well regarded as one of the worst features introduced after the Twitter acquisition.
Any thread these days is filled with "@grok is this true?" low effort comments. Not to mention the episode in which people spent two weeks using Grok to undress underage girls.
The problem with that math is that if they don't do any training they would be out of the market in 12 months, they're only relevant ("profitable") precisely because they trained the current reference SOTA model.
They can't just release Mythos and sit on top of it forever, competition is catching up fast and people expect a new more powerful model every 6 months.