Equation 7 · Part 1 · Open-Weight AI in 2035: Scenarios and Falsifiers
Symbol W
What this part means
W is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
Its job in the formula
W is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
Full expression→Symbol W→Article meaning
The passage around this formula
K(t) stays low however high either term climbs alone. Axis A determines whether O(t) can plausibly clear within this article’s horizon; Axis B determines whether W(t) can. Neither can be inferred from the other, which is why they are kept as two axes rather than folded into one — and why a narrowing capability gap sitting beside a licensing and regulatory picture that is still openly split, as documented above, does not yet settle which way the ecosystem’s structure moves.
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A function assigns an output to each allowed input. The expression f(x) means “apply f to x”.
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Sources cited in the article section
- [5] Article 53: Obligations for Providers of General-Purpose AI Models ↗
- [6] SB-53 Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (bill text) ↗
- [7] Winning the Race: America's AI Action Plan ↗
- [16] The Open Source AI Definition 1.0 ↗
- [17] 8 plots that explain the state of open models ↗
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