alt Hacker News> Weights are source in language models.
Weights are source in the same way as any x86 binary is source.
You easily modify a x86 binary and change behaviour or examine the machine code instructions. You probably are not aware how easy it is to change the behaviour of a binary executable.
But, binary is not the preferred form.
Also if compiling literary costs millions of dollars, I would prefer the precompiled one.