> If cloning a product with LLMs is a losing proposition, why would anyone do it,
Because they don't yet know that it is a losing proposition?
> and if nobody does it, isn't your original assertion false?
False dichotomy, it isn't an all-or-nothing scenario like you present, it's the fact that there are enough cloners to make every race a race to the bottom in a matter of days.
> Any argument relying on everyone cloning things with LLMs doesn't work if everyone doesn't clone things with LLMs.
Because they don't yet know that it is a losing proposition?
> and if nobody does it, isn't your original assertion false?
False dichotomy, it isn't an all-or-nothing scenario like you present, it's the fact that there are enough cloners to make every race a race to the bottom in a matter of days.
> Any argument relying on everyone cloning things with LLMs doesn't work if everyone doesn't clone things with LLMs.
Only if you believe your false dichotomy.