And Europeans don't it because quite frankly, we're not really doing anything particularly impressive with AI sadly.
https://ifiwaspolitical.substack.com/p/euroai-europes-path-t...
This feels like a joke... Parity with a 2024 model in 2027? The Chinese didn't wait, they just did it.
The timeline for #1 LLM is also so far into the future that it is entirely plausible that by 2031, nobody uses transformer based LLMs as we know them today anymore. For reference: The attention paper is only 8 years old. Some wild new architecture could come out in that time that makes catching up meaningless.
GPT4 parity on a own silicon trained indigenous model is just an early goal.
Indeed, the ultimate goal is EU LLM supremacy - which means under democratic control.
Well, that's true... but also nobody else is. Making something popular isn't particularly impressive.
It's kind of like releasing a 3d scene rendered to a JPG vs actually providing someone with the assets.
You can still use it, and it's possible to fine-tune it, but it's not really the same. There's tremendous soft power in deciding LLM alignment and material emphasis. As these things become more incorporated into education, for instance, the ability to frame "we don't talk about ba sing se" issues are going to be tremendously powerful.