That’s a really beautiful & concise way of putting it <3
Comment on Open Source AI Definition Erodes the Meaning of “Open Source”
hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 1 week ago
Oh, wow. Should be pretty obvious that something isn't open source, ...well... unless the source is open...
boramalper@lemmy.world 1 week ago
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You would think that but even here on the Fediverse where many users have an affection for technology and are generally vary of AI, I‘ve seen people gobbling up the Open Source label when the model was open weights at best.
hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 1 week ago
I've also had that. And I'm not even sure whether I want to hold it against them. For some reason it's an industry-wide effort to muddy the waters and slap open source on their products. From the largest company who chose to have "Open" in their name but oppose transparency with every fibre of their body, to Meta, the pioneer of "open source" AI, to the smaller underdogs who pride themselves with publishing their models that way... They've all homed in on that term.
And lots of the journalists and bloggers also pick up on it. I personally think, terms should be well-defined. And open-source had a well-defined meaning.