Open Source AI and the Paradox of Open – Open Future

As Luis Villa phrases it in his review of the paper, “”open” is not a magic bullet to the heart of power.”

‘openness’ often enables systemic exploitation of developers’ and creators’ labor while maintaining the infrastructural and ecosystem dominance of the largest firms. In the context of high levels of corporate concentration and gatekeeping over the ingredients necessary to build AI systems, ‘open’ AI as currently operationalized is primed for corpor... See more