Yes, I'd encourage you to post this somewhere else if it doesn't get attention here. I've been thinking about this recently and I'm convinced that one or more c

Yes, I'd encourage you to post this somewhere else if it doesn't get attention here. I've been thinking about this recently and I'm convinced that one or more credible GPL'd (modified as necessary to reflect model weights) alternative sets of foundation models is what's needed to keep complete control out of the hands of big tech and special interests. I wrote something about this a couple weeks ago, it's all the more relevant now: http://marble.onl/posts/motivations_for_open_source.html http://marble.onl/posts/motivations_for_open_source.html