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I watched a good talk from Yann LeCun who is Chief AI Scientist at Meta, and he explained that the thinking is that open source AI models will be the long-term

• GreedClarifies 3y ago
  That's not a business strategy. Likely this is driven by ego. Yann wants to cement his position as a leader in AI and while he clearly does not appreciate LLMS at all, he realizes that he needs to make waves in this area. Mark needs a generative product and has invested tremendously in the infrastructure for AI in general (for recommendation). He needs researchers to use that infrastructure to create a generative product(s). Yann sees this going on, realizes that he has a very powerful (research+recruiting) position and tells mark that he will only sign on if Meta gives away a good deal of research and Mark concedes, with the condition that he wants his generative product by end of 2023 or start of 2024.
  • lsmeducation 3y ago
    Linux is wasn’t a business strategy either.
  • oceanplexian 3y ago
    It’s not just ego. It’s accelerationism. Giving this stuff away from free is probably going to accelerate AI a decade faster than if it was kept locked up behind closed doors at Google, OpenAI, etc. And if you’re an optimist then that actually might make the world a better place much faster.
    • swader999 3y ago
      Realistically, AI will ramp up the good and the bad.