> vs an actual open source system where you can understand how the system is working and modify specific functionality.
No one on the planet understands how the model weights work exactly, nor can they modify them specifically (i.e. hand modifying the weights to get the result they want). This is an impossible standard.
The source code is open (sorta, it does have some restrictions). The weights are open. The training data is closed.
> No one on the planet understands how the model weights work exactly
Which is my point. These models aren't open source because there is no source code to open. Maybe one day we will have strong enough interpretability to generate source from these models, and then we could have open source models. But today its not possible, and changing the meaning of open source such that it is possible probably isn't a great idea.
No one on the planet understands how the model weights work exactly, nor can they modify them specifically (i.e. hand modifying the weights to get the result they want). This is an impossible standard.
The source code is open (sorta, it does have some restrictions). The weights are open. The training data is closed.