New paper finds most "open source AI" isn't open. Even when it is, "the resources needed to build AI from scratch, and to deploy large AI systems at scale, remain in the hands of a few large companies."
This is my worry about AI. Not the dumb idea that it's going to decide to kill all humans 🙄 but the increased concentration of corporate power it's giving rise to right now.
QT @Mer__edith https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith/110905980596068726
@graue @Mer__edith The ability to deploy any large system at scale remains out of reach of smaller entities and individuals... AI is no different in that sense. Same as how gamers can't afford to launch game servers at scale and grandparents don't build their own cloud to store photos, and not every business can afford to build their own server farm.
That said, though, anyone can build and train an LLM on their home computer. I've done it myself. It won't be as accurate or efficient as ChatGPT, but it works and has value.
