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Well said. Openai is a promise unkept. Thanks StabilityAI for existing.

capableweb 3y ago
Unfortunately, due to the law of names, StabilityAI will in the future hit the same issue as OpenAI and do a 180, unleashing very unstable AI to the world.
- IceWreck 3y ago
  I'd rather have that than closed AI models controlled by afew corporations
- seydor 3y ago
  then they both have ironic names now
- mike_hearn 3y ago
  More like Stability will turn out to be an unstable company. Last we heard they were struggling to raise more funding and might lose their CEO due to unclear business models: https://www.semafor.com/article/04/07/2023/stability-ai-is-on-shaky-ground-as-it-burns-through-cash https://www.semafor.com/article/04/07/2023/stability-ai-is-o...
  - paxys 3y ago
    The company can cease operations tomorrow, but the model they open sourced (and all of its derivatives built by the community) will continue to exist. If OpenAI disappears then all of the work they have done goes with it.
nashashmi 3y ago
when has opensource ever spearheaded independent innovation? they usually follow along. Fred Wilson once did a take on all trends in SV. First some firm comes out with a product that changes the landscape and makes a massive profit. Then some little firm comes along and does the same for a cheaper price. Then some ambitious group out of college comes out with an open-source version of the same. Open source has never been a trailblazer of innovation. Open "research" was the original mantra for open ai. And an entrepreneur in residence put together a great product. If they were any more open, it would not make sense.
- bugglebeetle 3y ago
  > Open source has never been a trailblazer of innovation. Except for, you know, all the major programming languages and Linux, which make all that innovation possible in the first place. Also, everything OpenAI is doing is based on open source stuff from Google and others, so…
  - nashashmi 3y ago
    True. Should have added open research has given lots of puzzle pieces for innovation. And open source products has led to many individual contributions. But again it's never been a trailblazer for innovation.
- sainez 3y ago
  This could not be more untrue. The world is littered with businesses that operate as commercial wrappers around open source technology. Ever heard of GitHub? What about MacOS? AWS?
  - nashashmi 3y ago
    Ahh. Looks like I misspoke. The first line should have been "Paradigm shifting innovations have never started as open source." Yes, open source has helped many people innovate.

Unfortunately, due to the law of names, StabilityAI will in the future hit the same issue as OpenAI and do a 180, unleashing very unstable AI to the world.

IceWreck 3y ago
I'd rather have that than closed AI models controlled by afew corporations
seydor 3y ago
then they both have ironic names now
mike_hearn 3y ago
More like Stability will turn out to be an unstable company. Last we heard they were struggling to raise more funding and might lose their CEO due to unclear business models: https://www.semafor.com/article/04/07/2023/stability-ai-is-on-shaky-ground-as-it-burns-through-cash https://www.semafor.com/article/04/07/2023/stability-ai-is-o...
- paxys 3y ago
  The company can cease operations tomorrow, but the model they open sourced (and all of its derivatives built by the community) will continue to exist. If OpenAI disappears then all of the work they have done goes with it.

nashashmi 3y ago

when has opensource ever spearheaded independent innovation? they usually follow along. Fred Wilson once did a take on all trends in SV. First some firm comes out with a product that changes the landscape and makes a massive profit. Then some little firm comes along and does the same for a cheaper price. Then some ambitious group out of college comes out with an open-source version of the same. Open source has never been a trailblazer of innovation. Open "research" was the original mantra for open ai. And an entrepreneur in residence put together a great product. If they were any more open, it would not make sense.

bugglebeetle 3y ago
> Open source has never been a trailblazer of innovation. Except for, you know, all the major programming languages and Linux, which make all that innovation possible in the first place. Also, everything OpenAI is doing is based on open source stuff from Google and others, so…
- nashashmi 3y ago
  True. Should have added open research has given lots of puzzle pieces for innovation. And open source products has led to many individual contributions. But again it's never been a trailblazer for innovation.
sainez 3y ago
This could not be more untrue. The world is littered with businesses that operate as commercial wrappers around open source technology. Ever heard of GitHub? What about MacOS? AWS?
- nashashmi 3y ago
  Ahh. Looks like I misspoke. The first line should have been "Paradigm shifting innovations have never started as open source." Yes, open source has helped many people innovate.