“Leaked” Google document: “…the uncomfortable truth is, we aren’t positioned to win this arms race and neither is OpenAI. While we’ve been squabbling, a third faction has been quietly eating our lunch.

I’m talking, of course, about open source.”

https://www.semianalysis.com/p/google-we-have-no-moat-and-neither

Google "We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI"

Leaked Internal Google Document Claims Open Source AI Will Outcompete Google and OpenAI

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@counternotions I kept thinking “This is *so* well-written” and then realized the author(s) definitely would have been assisted by a bleeding-edge LLM.

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In that case I'm just glad that the robots are on the side of open source!

It is a great article though. Lots of learnings and warnings.

@counternotions Jeeze. Kinda sobering to see how Google's attempts to monopolize the web is just regular assumption over there.

> The value of owning the ecosystem cannot be overstated. Google itself has successfully used this paradigm in its open source offerings, like Chrome and Android. By owning the platform where innovation happens, Google cements itself as a thought leader and direction-setter, earning the ability to shape the narrative on ideas that are larger than itself.

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Wow, so anyone can train large models with these techniques now?

Progress in AI is making me dizzy.

@lcparra @counternotions the point is that you don't need these giant models in the first place, we're getting to the point where small models on portable electronics are sufficient to drive innovation.
@counternotions "Directly Competing With Open Source Is a Losing Proposition" 🎯
@counternotions @codeyarns the #stablediffusion community is doing some of the best engineering in AI, but getting good training data is still a big advantage of the mega corps