open source AI
also referred to as: open-source ai
4 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Mar 6, 2024 by Soumith Chintala · across every show →
Everything said about open source AI, oldest first
Mar 6, 2024 bullish
Chintala: Open source will reach AGI via pure natural selection
“The open source thing will be very much in line with getting to AGI, because open source has that, like natural selection effect. Like, if a better open source model comes, Really no one says, huh, I don't want to use it because there are ecosystem effects, I'…”
May 9, 2025 bearish
Nov 3, 2025 negative
Small, funded teams are more effective than broad open-source AI consortiums
“Maybe it sounds wrong, but I feel like banding together is not necessarily good by default. There's a lot of different incentives. There's so much noise that no one knows where to focus. I prefer, if anything, I would prefer siloed focused teams who have fundi…”