Has Open Source replaces Closed Source? Has Free Software replaces Paid Software? No, yes, maybe? There is no real answer to this, it depends; depends on the ar

Has Open Source replaces Closed Source? Has Free Software replaces Paid Software? No, yes, maybe? There is no real answer to this, it depends; depends on the area and task and user. Companies have big money, or at least they have some money, and they can use this to speed up development. Volunteer work on the other side usually depends on free work, or donations, which then are used for hardware and other non-human-costs. So the focus and actions of volunteer-based open source-projects is different from the focus of money-flowing companies. And yes, of course there are also many companies who invest in open source. Which is why, it depends. Will enough money flow into open source-AI, will there be some breakthrough which will allow open source-AI to compete with well trained Commercial projects. Will the Musk put some Small Elon Energy into Open Sourcing his Truth AI(?) to piss on OpenAI? It all depends. Though, personally, I think in the long run Open Source will be a relevant force in that space, simply for the reason of transparency and the Technological Singularity. Because whether it can replace them this year or next year doesn't really matter. At some point all AIs will be powerful enough for any task, or even break through to AGI. At which point political reasons will become relevant.