Tyler Cowen

DeepSeek is more cool. And keep in mind, O1 Pro costs $200 a month. And it writes in a very objective style, which is good for scholarship, good for objectivity, but it's not as fun to play with for most people as DeepSeq. And so many of the advantages of O1 Pro, they're so sophisticated. Like, say, you could beat me in an economics test, but most people don't even see that difference.

So it doesn't appear smarter for most uses, even though it's clearly the better product.

So it doesn't appear smarter for most uses, even though it's clearly the better product.

So it doesn't appear smarter for most uses, even though it's clearly the better product.

I think a lot of it is a tone thing. The reinforcement learning, less was applied to it, so it slips more easily into different persona and characters. That's what most people want from their large language models, not better expertise than Tyler Cowen at economics.

I think a lot of it is a tone thing. The reinforcement learning, less was applied to it, so it slips more easily into different persona and characters. That's what most people want from their large language models, not better expertise than Tyler Cowen at economics.

I think a lot of it is a tone thing. The reinforcement learning, less was applied to it, so it slips more easily into different persona and characters. That's what most people want from their large language models, not better expertise than Tyler Cowen at economics.

Well, here's a simple example of how open source matters. The AI service, perplexity.ai, which many, many millions of Americans are using, just today, Monday, they put on their website access to a modified version of the R1 model. So they took or borrowed the model and made their own version of it.

Well, here's a simple example of how open source matters. The AI service, perplexity.ai, which many, many millions of Americans are using, just today, Monday, they put on their website access to a modified version of the R1 model. So they took or borrowed the model and made their own version of it.

Well, here's a simple example of how open source matters. The AI service, perplexity.ai, which many, many millions of Americans are using, just today, Monday, they put on their website access to a modified version of the R1 model. So they took or borrowed the model and made their own version of it.

The model they have up on their website, it will tell you the truth about the Uyghurs and Tiananmen Square. So they were able to modify it. And it's simply theirs. There's no infringement of property rights. It's truly open source.

The model they have up on their website, it will tell you the truth about the Uyghurs and Tiananmen Square. So they were able to modify it. And it's simply theirs. There's no infringement of property rights. It's truly open source.

The model they have up on their website, it will tell you the truth about the Uyghurs and Tiananmen Square. So they were able to modify it. And it's simply theirs. There's no infringement of property rights. It's truly open source.

I was not happy with the congressional decision on TikTok. I agree with Jeff that it might be a national security threat, but we live in a nation that is governed by the rule of law, and I much would have preferred an agency process, a legal process, actual fact-finding by experts, not just a one-sided congressional vote.

I was not happy with the congressional decision on TikTok. I agree with Jeff that it might be a national security threat, but we live in a nation that is governed by the rule of law, and I much would have preferred an agency process, a legal process, actual fact-finding by experts, not just a one-sided congressional vote.

I was not happy with the congressional decision on TikTok. I agree with Jeff that it might be a national security threat, but we live in a nation that is governed by the rule of law, and I much would have preferred an agency process, a legal process, actual fact-finding by experts, not just a one-sided congressional vote.

And if TikTok has broken American laws, by all means, take appropriate action. And if those... Disruptions of the law are so extreme that it dictates banning the service. I would consider that. But we had a politically motivated congressional vote. I think it's a terrible precedent. We will live to regret that day.

And if TikTok has broken American laws, by all means, take appropriate action. And if those... Disruptions of the law are so extreme that it dictates banning the service. I would consider that. But we had a politically motivated congressional vote. I think it's a terrible precedent. We will live to regret that day.

And if TikTok has broken American laws, by all means, take appropriate action. And if those... Disruptions of the law are so extreme that it dictates banning the service. I would consider that. But we had a politically motivated congressional vote. I think it's a terrible precedent. We will live to regret that day.

And the real security threat in America right now is how many Americans are asleep at the wheel in the midst of the AI revolution. And DeepSeek actually is waking us up. So it's improving American national security from my point of view. It doesn't mean it will be doing that forever. But we need to actually listen to China more than what we're doing now.