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MrEloi t1_j96kdix wrote

They are in a deep sulk about OpenAI getting all the kudos and publicity.

On top of that, they are getting beaten up by Alphabet to produce something which looks good in the media.

Their main task recently has been to throw mud at OpenAI and ChatGPT.
I suppose they want to slow them down with "concerns about safety" whilst Google tries to duct tape its AI systems into a working chat system.

OpenAI's very successful launch of ChatGPT seems to have upset quite a lot of others in the AI sector .. especially those who are usually in the media spotlight.

All that said, it now seems that OpenAI have succumbed to external pressures and have been brought back into line. They have delayed the release of GPT-4 "on safety grounds".

They are also now suggesting that AI systems, hardware, training, models etc should be regulated .. again for "safety".

Being a cynic, I think that OpenAI, Google (and the US government?) have done a deal. They will retain control of the AI platforms, thus becoming a duopoly.

Startups etc will be encouraged - but will of course have to source their AI power from the big boys.

Open Source etc AI systems will be blocked .. due to "safety issues".

High power AI GPUs will only be available to the big boys.

Getty Images, Shutterstock and the like will do licensing deals with the duopoly .. but Open Source systems will be sued for Copyright infringement.

The US government will be happy with all this : they can control the AI systems if required.

Anyway, that's the way I see things turning out.

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visarga t1_j97eu47 wrote

All this elaborate scheme falls down in 3 months when we get a small scale, open sourced chatGPT model from Stability or others. There are many working on reproducing the dataset, code and models.

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MrEloi t1_j97jzfv wrote

And suppose all parts of such systems and related activities are declared illegal - or even terrorist devices?

The media are in the government's and big corporations' pockets .. I can just imagine the steady propaganda against "dangerous private AI" they could pump out.

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YobaiYamete t1_j97rvdp wrote

> Being a cynic, I think that OpenAI, Google (and the US government?) have done a deal. They will retain control of the AI platforms, thus becoming a duopoly.

Lol people say these things and don't realize that Amazon and Apple and Nvidia and the other big companies also have their own AI in the works, as well as, y'know, countries outside the US

The genie is out of the bottle, there's zero chance just two or three companies will get to keep it. Every billionaire worth their salt is focusing heavily on the AI field right now

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MrEloi t1_j97x9gk wrote

>The genie is out of the bottle, there's zero chance just two or three companies will get to keep it. Every billionaire worth their salt is focusing heavily on the AI field right now

Agreed .. but these big firms will all do their darndest to 'tax' the population's use of AI.

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tangent26_18 t1_j98188y wrote

What good is the current AI? For private knowledge of curious citizens and education. Well the government owns education, basically, and the media will control the informing of citizens. I see this as an opportunity to bottleneck all of our new knowledge generation moreso than already exists with the university specialization system. We will all be informed by a centralized monopoly of knowledge owners. This will lead to a monopoly on our past, present and future. There may be less wars except between west and east…the final conflict. If we can all live globally in peace, then our survival will depend on this centralized knowledge center.

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imlaggingsobad t1_j97tpc5 wrote

i don't think this has happened yet, but certainly will in the future

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