> AI For Everyone: Startups Democratize Deep Learning So Google And Facebook Don't Own It All > In particular, several companies aim to democratize deep learni

> AI For Everyone: Startups Democratize Deep Learning So Google And Facebook Don't Own It All > In particular, several companies aim to democratize deep learning by offering it as a service or coming up with cheaper hardware to make it more accessible to businesses. Couldnt spot the "democratization" of AI here (unless democracy only to those that can pay?); also, given the current trends, small interesting startups get acquired by the big ones early.. and we end in big monopolies again.. The only way to runaway from this cycle is open-source.. otherwise we would still using windows XP and IE6 by now Until good open-source initiatives can happen, we will be lock in the hands of a few forever.. I hope we still have some open-source heroes left out there..