

That’s a lot better than it could be. But I’m also talking about training costs. Models have to be updated to work swimmingly with new languages, conventions, libraries, etc. Models are not future-proof.
There are more efficient training methods being employed. See: the stuff R1 used. And existing models cam be retooled. But it’s still an intrinsic problem.
Perhaps most importantly it’s out of the reach of common consumer grade hardware to train a half decent LLM from scratch. It’s a tech that exists mostly in the scope of concentrated power among peoole who care little for their enviromental ramifications. Relying on this in the short term puts influence and power in the hands of people willing to burn our planet. Quite the hard sell, as you might imagine.
Also see: the other points I made
Ykw you’ve convinced me. I’m adding anime girls to my software rn. I wasn’t a huge fan but after seeing your comment, I just really saw the light.
Think of the amount of morons I can throw into a rage over a cartoon girl…