White House says no need to restrict 'open-source' AI at least for now

Regulating open-source AI will only help giants like Google and OpenAI, stifling innovation. It creates barriers only they can afford, limiting competition and diversity. Open-source fosters transparency and rapid progress. We do not need government regulations, or we'll end up like Europe with China leading.

Would love to hear the White House explain to me what Open-Source AI is, in their own words.

Better question: Is it possible to restrict <i>open source</i> AI?<p>If it is open then everyone has access. Any restrictions would be akin to demanding that linux not use strong encryption or firefox implement content censorship.

Might change after getting lobbying checks from Google, Microsoft and Apple.

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fascinating how successful the bullshit rebranding of &quot;sometimes we upload a TB file of weights&quot; as &quot;open source&quot; has gone for them politically. I can&#x27;t really imagine they thought it would go this well. will be interesting to see how this unexpected boon of a loophole will change their strategy, particularly &quot;&quot;&quot;OpenAI&quot;&quot;&quot;, who didn&#x27;t think to do give themselves enough cover.

Say the government actually wanted to regulate open source AI, how exactly would they do that?<p>If the govt wants to regulate commercial AI, they can do that by going to the companies responsible for building that AI and say &quot;do X, Y and Z or else we will punish you with A, B or C&quot;. But what do you say to a collective of developers that could be all around the globe? What stops that group from just saying &quot;F* You&quot; and continuing on?

Ya love to see it.

See my comment here on FBs strategic positioning: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=41090142">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=41090142</a><p>Updated link.

Good. Effective Austruism is trying to destroy democratic institutions and it&#x27;s likely a bigger threat to society than fascism. The pro-progress people needs to organize themselves to stop types like SBF from giving AI to China.