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The output of a LLM is analogous to re-saving an image as a lo res JPEG. Data is being processed and altered using statistics, but nothing "new" is being created, only lower quality derivatives. That's why you can't train a LLM on the output of a LLM.
The classic sci-fi short story A Pail of Air touches on this.
Windows 95 had to change the time zone selection map because of disputed borders.
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20030822-00/?p=42823
The value of the DNS is that we all use the same one. You can declare independence, but you'd lose out on that value.
The building manager should (and may be legally required to) have a fire department approved emergency plan that specifically addresses this question. Usually, the plan will be for you to await rescue.
A modern, up-to-code high rise building will have designated "places of refuge" that are designed to withstand heat and smoke, such as a pressurized stairwell with fire doors. In older buildings that don't have something like that, the plan might call for disabled people to go to the nearest (unprotected) stairway, or it might call for them to remain in their office/apartment and "defend in place". If possible, call 911 (or equivalent) to notify rescuers of your location.
The chronically homeless, the ones that are hardest to get off the street, are difficult to house for reasons besides availability or cost, though.
He seems to be confusing "freeware", which is basically a license for copyrighted work, with "public domain", which is the absence of a copyright.
Bust this trust.