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The angle is that by releasing cutting edge AI research to the public openly, the relative difference between open source models/tech and closed source tech shr
by crakenzak 3y ago
The angle is that by releasing cutting edge AI research to the public openly, the relative difference between open source models/tech and closed source tech shrinks.
Whether or not you think the "value" of AI products is proportional to their performance gap vs the next closest thing or not is up to you. Very interesting PG essay I read recently talks about the opposite of this (Superlinear returns) where if you're half as good as the next competitor, you don't get half the customers, you get 0.
Essay: https://paulgraham.com/superlinear.html https://paulgraham.com/superlinear.html
- nova22033 3y agoNew Linux versions don't "salt the earth" for Windows.
- nemothekid 3y agoLinux is not competitive as a desktop platform for regular users, but linux did "salt the earth" for the Server market.
- dkarras 3y agoWindows should always provide enough additional value that makes up for what they are asking as money - compared to the free option. That is the point. If you had no other viable options, then they could do whatever they like. Now they have a baseline to compete with and it is very hard to compete with free.