Poll: About AI 💻👾 \ stacker news ~ideasfromtheedge

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110 sats \ 2 comments \ @flat24 28 Jan ideasfromtheedge

🤔 Thinking a bit about this AI fuss. There's something I can't help but think:

How is it possible that the AI of the USA (OpenAI) who is supposed to be the banner of freedom is closed source. And the AI of China (DeepSeek) who is supposed to be communist, totalitarian and controlling is released to the world for free use and is open source

Is this a joke or is the world upside down? 🙃

I'm glad to read your opinion or discuss the topic.

It's a joke 🤡0.0%

Upside down world 🙃100.0%

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ama 28 Jan

Freedom in the neo-liberal world doesn't have anything to do with actual liberty, but just the freedom to conduct your business and amass wealth, which is made convenient by proprietary closed-source software. Using open-source software as a base for your closed-source product is even more beneficial, like iOS on top of the Mach kernel and BSD userland, Android with a Linux kernel underneath, or Winblows with whatever open-source components they may be using now.

Open source is something totally different, where coders share their work because they want others to use it and also make it better, with freedom (the right kind) in mind. This includes the freedom to study it, modify it, and use it as you see fit, even making modifications that can be kept closed source, as allowed by licenses like the BSD license.

So, in my opinion, non of the two options, but the world exactly as it looks.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @frostdragon 28 Jan

Intellectual property laws are not near as strict or enforceable as they are in the US, so that has something to do with it.