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

The story about DeepSeek has actually disrupted the dominating AI narrative, impacted the markets and spurred a media storm: A large language model from China contends with the leading LLMs from the U.S. - and it does so without needing nearly the pricey computational financial investment. Maybe the U.S. does not have the technological lead we thought. Maybe heaps of GPUs aren't needed for AI's special 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 almost as high as they're constructed out to be and [users.atw.hu](http://users.atw.hu/samp-info-forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=efeb8a314d53a69367c6729a8a43e3ca&action=profile