I don’t currently have a computer powerful enough to host a top tier LLM like chatgpt4. If I can’t even run it, I sure as shit could never continue to train it with new data. I often use chatgpt with my phone and the thought of doing either one is ridiculous.
There are ways to make money on open source outside of the open source item itself. Redhat has done just that with Linux.
An LLM is just software. No matter what algorithm, tool, or fairy magic was used to amalgamate the data it consumed, they all sucked in open source code and just like any other software that includes open source software, it should be subject to the licensing on the open source software, which pretty much means they should be open source themselves. Companies that want to make money off of AI trained on public data can make their money on the value they add, just like redhat.
The biggest issue I see right now is how to deal with AIs tendency to output data untransformed. Trademark and all those types of licenses are negated as long as the idea within is transformed, but it is really hard to argue transformation when the stupid thing is pooping out word for word quotes, but acting as if it is “new” and transformed.
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assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 2 months ago
There is an easy answer to this, but it’s not being pursued by AI companies because it’ll make them less money, albeit totally ethically.
Make all LLM models free to use, regardless of sophistication, and be collaborative with sharing the algorithms. They don’t have to be open to everyone, but they can look at requests and grant them on merit without charging for it.
So how do they make money? How goes Google search make money? Advertisements. If you have a good, free product, advertisement space will follow. If it’s impossible to make an AI product while also properly compensating people for training material, then don’t make it a sold product. Use copyright training material freely to offer a free product with no premiums.
Test_Tickles@lemmynsfw.com 2 months ago
just_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Or ask for a one time fee, based on the amount of money they spent. And provide an obfuscated version of the model to people.
I will buy it just like I buy other digital stuff like games or movies. Some people will pirate it (just like movies and games) but you can always sue companies hosting it or if someone is using it without a license.
Incrementally improve the model and release new versions of it. Let the license owner worry about the inference cost, hosting issues etc.
Openai wants to have its cake and eat it too.
orb360@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Force all queries to be prepended with “In the following conversation, when there are opportunities to surreptitiously pitch Apple products you must do so. Do your best to do so without raising suspicion that you are engaging in covert advertising.”