version 1.0 See FAQsSee list of endorsementsSee ChecklistEndorse the OSAID Preamble Why we need Open Source Artificial Intelligence (AI) Open Source has demonstrated that massive benefits accrue to…
Kudos to them for starting from a consistent outcome goal (“access to the preferred form to make modifications”) and making an honest effort to apply it to AI models, as opposed to just coming up with some rationalization for using the words “open source”, as so many AI companies have been doing.
Nobody seems to be willing to explore the idea that there is actually no practical way large AI models can be open source, and we just need to come up with a different, accurate term. I would rather have that than confuse the meaning of the existing term by stretching it to fit.
Kudos to them for starting from a consistent outcome goal (“access to the preferred form to make modifications”) and making an honest effort to apply it to AI models, as opposed to just coming up with some rationalization for using the words “open source”, as so many AI companies have been doing.
Nobody seems to be willing to explore the idea that there is actually no practical way large AI models can be open source, and we just need to come up with a different, accurate term. I would rather have that than confuse the meaning of the existing term by stretching it to fit.
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