The drama around DeepSeek develops on an incorrect property: Large language models are the Holy Grail. This ... [+] misdirected belief has driven much of the AI financial investment frenzy.

The story about DeepSeek has actually interrupted the prevailing AI narrative, impacted the marketplaces and spurred a media storm: A big language model from China takes on the leading LLMs from the U.S. - and it does so without needing almost the costly computational financial investment. Maybe the U.S. does not have the technological lead we believed. Maybe loads of GPUs aren't needed for AI's unique sauce.

But the increased drama of this story rests on an incorrect premise: LLMs are the Holy Grail. Here's why the stakes aren't nearly as high as they're constructed out to be and the AI investment frenzy has actually been misguided.

Amazement At Large Language Models

Don't get me incorrect - LLMs represent unmatched progress. I have actually been in artificial intelligence because 1992 - the first six of those years operating in natural language processing research study - and [loft.awardspace.info](http://loft.awardspace.info/smf/index.php?PHPSESSID=fa4ad8143755a3f861bb0aaf72888137&action=profile