Open Source AI seems to be setting Silicon Valley up to fail. While they pour hundreds of billions into closed AI systems in the hope they'll get a 'Unicorn' that will dominate the market, at every step Open Source AI equals or exceeds them. If this goes on long enough, eventually the Venture Capitalists are going to lose.
Is the same about to happen with robotics? This announcement is not the first time a Chinese group has open-sourced a robotics model. The US is desperate to slow Chinese technological advancement. Is this all part of Chinese counter-measures? If it isn't, is it just a coincidence it will severely hamper how Silicon Valley functions?
A Chinese group has released one of the world's most powerful AI for robots as Open-Source. Will Open-Source AI soon dominate Silicon Valley VC-funded efforts?
byu/lughnasadh inFuturology
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If this is the same level as the brains powering unitree in the robot mma competition then it’s a huge nothing burger.
Just my personal opinion, but I believe open models will overtake the private models in the end especially for precise applications.
The robot brain is a good example – it’s a specific function of the model. There will be models that only work on biology problems, creating medicines, more accurate weather prediction, etc. They’ll be more accurate, more efficient to run, and have a base of companies and enthusiasts that contribute to the model.
I think this idea that we need to create a model that does literally everything and is going to eventually reach sentience and is going to have God like powers is pure science fiction. That’s the American/Silicon Valley pursuit, and because of how silly it is it will put us behind China. They’re chasing the wrong outcomes. That’s my prediction.
The US can’t slow Chinese efforts. They have a centrally planned economy that is focused heavily on data infrastructure. They have the minerals, the chip production, the base of expertise. I think China is going to win this game. Especially since the US education system is getting worse and science is being defunded.
These are all just my opinions.
Released or stolen and released? There’s quite the track record even in AI of models being stolen and released with some pro CCP editing
Not if venture capital has anything to say about it.
Ya at first these robots will fail at a lot like gpt did at first. Soon after they will doing dishes, picking up laundry and still failing at some tasks. But no matter how many tasks these master, there will always be people pointing out the things they can’t do.
“Ya it can walk a dog, do dishes, go upstairs and make beds. But can it open cans of soda while running a 5k in the rain 3 times a day? No, see these things are useless.”
And they will say this till everyone around them is laughing at them.
It’s a very tactical use of soft power. It speaks to what a lot of people want in the west and aren’t getting – AI without the soul suckers. We just need to make sure it is truly open source without spyware.
The Chinese are going to remember the US doing what it can to cripple its development. And this is the scariest part. The US knows it can’t realistically slow China yet it tried to anyways. Competent leadership should seek alternative ways to prevent another Cold War, yet here we are.
AI is like the internet. A “closed” internet doesn’t work. An open internet and and “Open” AI models make sense.
It’s still possible that morons will pay money for subpar closed source products and that American companies get billions from said morons. Just look at people using Windows despite Linux being much better. But there’s basically no way American closed source for profits can outclass free open source.
All China has to do is build robots that work with humans instead of replacing them and they win this. Only an idiot would think that there’s any value to be obtained in essentially ending humanity
I certainly hope so. I for one don’t want to live in a world where what is becoming the single most important technological development of the twenty-first century is gatekept by a tiny cabal of corporations who want to hoover up all of our data for free and then sell it all back to us piecemeal.
AI is here to stay, it’s not going anywhere, that ship has sailed. Now our best hope is that it benefits everyone and not just the uber-rich. Which is why I sincerely hope open source wins that battle when it happens.
Nothing new, tbh. Look at this sci-fi concept, dating back from more than 2 decades ago.
[https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Infosocialism](https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Infosocialism)
IF you dig deeper you’ll see this fictional movement has gained adherents IRL.
And, tbh, it’s nothing new. The open source movement was already a small version of this, and thanks to it you have roughly 80% of the internet infrastructure the whole Earth uses daily.