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It’s really impressive watching OpenAI go from “no one can use this model because it’s too dangerous” to “everyone can use the model online but you can’t have t
by warning26 4y ago
It’s really impressive watching OpenAI go from “no one can use this model because it’s too dangerous” to “everyone can use the model online but you can’t have the model because we’re selling it to Microsoft for billions of dollars.”
- fnordpiglet 4y agoBy impressive I assume you mean predictable? When the government comes with a huge CIA check it’ll be impressive watching too.
- fullsend 4y agoAll of the Altman/Graham clique talk a big game but are simps for big money and power at the end of the day. Like many of us.
- wyldfire 4y agoWhat is their sincere interpretation of "Open" in "OpenAI"? Their models are not distributed publicly, correct? Do they describe the network characteristics and training data openly? Where's the "open" part? EDIT: I just read their charter and it describes "benefit of humanity" (laudable if feasible for them to deliver on it) but nothing about openness.
- ndiddy 4y agoyou can open your wallet and give them money
- shmageggy 4y agoPure historical legacy. Today they are Open to all monetization avenues.
- ilaksh 4y agoIt was always just marketing.
- godelski 4y ago> Where's the "open" part? HuggingFace
- marricks 4y agoOpen to receiving a lot of money.
- wombat_trouble 4y agoThere is this rather cute "intent laundering" ecosystem surrounding this work. Starting with Common Crawl, which uses the "we're not collecting anything, we're just a list of URLs" excuse to reject removal requests. And then feeding into nonprofits that effectively develop the technology for buyers such as Microsoft while being able to escape scrutiny because they're just small, charitable academic research shops...
- CTDOCodebases 4y agoOpen for Business.