> they shouldn't all be walled off inside of companies
Strong agree. This is becoming a bigger concern than people realize too. Sam A said OpenAI will be releasing "much more slowly than people would like" and would "sit on" their tech for a long time going forward.[0] And Deepmind's founder said that "the AI industry's culture of publishing its findings openly may soon need to end."[1]
This sounds like Google and MSFT won't even be shipping their best AI to people via API's. They'll just keep that tech in-house to power their own services. That underscores the need for open, distributed models. And like you say, there's room for both.
And perhaps strong copyleft licenses for research -- a significant fraction of the critical innovation behind these systems was not developed inside these private entities.
Unfortunately we can expect to see these companies lobbying for laws to block competition in the spurious name of safety concerns.
Strong agree. This is becoming a bigger concern than people realize too. Sam A said OpenAI will be releasing "much more slowly than people would like" and would "sit on" their tech for a long time going forward.[0] And Deepmind's founder said that "the AI industry's culture of publishing its findings openly may soon need to end."[1]
This sounds like Google and MSFT won't even be shipping their best AI to people via API's. They'll just keep that tech in-house to power their own services. That underscores the need for open, distributed models. And like you say, there's room for both.
[0] https://youtu.be/ebjkD1Om4uw?t=294 [1] https://time.com/6246119/demis-hassabis-deepmind-interview/