Banning Open Source AI Would Be A Mistake
About this episode
The episode discusses the potential dangers of banning open source AI amidst increasing regulation efforts.
This post was originally an op-ed co-authored with Kevin Xu of Interconnected for a general, non-technical audience. The gatekeepers — the many media outlets we pitched it to — passed on publishing it. Luckily, we have our own platforms to get the message out. Please help us forward this op-ed to any one you know who is on the fence about open source AI or new to the topic and want to learn more. Thank you. The energy to regulate AI is in the air in Washington. With the recently signed executive order to review AI models, a congressional proposal to legislate AI further, the government possibly taking shares of frontier AI labs, and last Friday’s action prohibiting foreign nationals anywhere from accessing Anthropic’s most advanced models, this may be the opening salvo of more AI regulation to come. We are afraid future actions could inadvertently or intentionally regulate or even ban open source, a much maligned and misunderstood topic in AI. That would be a grave mistake. Open source – simply a process that allows technology to be shared, built, and distributed publicly and transparently – is safe, secure, and drives economic growth. More than 90% of the world’s software was…
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