Thoughts on AI from the brighter side

Perspective14 October 2026

When one AI learns from another

Model distillation can make smaller AI models better. The same method becomes contentious when a service is mined for answers without permission.

Distillation means training a smaller “student” model on answers from a larger “teacher” model. It is an established technique that can produce cheaper, lighter models. The method itself is not an attack. The line becomes disputed when someone collects large volumes of answers from an AI service without permission to…