🙃 Open-Source AI is a Clusterf*ck

Hello, fellow nerds 🧙

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) just got a date, and the hype couldn’t be more real.

Clear your schedule for June 10-14 because the announcements coming out of Apple’s camp are going to be huge. The biggest one? A new and improved Siri… hopefully. Honestly, an upgrade to Siri has been needed since forever ago. Please, Apple gods, hear our Siri prayers 🙏 

Here’s the daily quests in AI to complete today:

• 🙃 Open-Source AI is a Clusterf*ck

• 👽️ The Borgs Are Coming!

• 👵 Sir Was Released 11 Years Ago

• 👑 Claude 3 Dethrones ChatGPT 4

The World of Open-Source AI is an Absolute Clusterf*ck

We’ve mentioned open-source AI quite a lot over the past few weeks, praising companies for going down the path of righteousness. The paladins of AI, you could say.

But it turns out, these guys are just dirty oathbreakers…

And it all starts with: nobody can agree on what the hell open-source AI actually means. Meta seems to be all about it, and Elon's suing OpenAI for not being about it enough.

The problem? Without a clear definition, the AI giants can basically do whatever they want and slap an "open-source" sticker on it.

Which, we’re no experts, but that seems mildly concerning.

Take Meta and Google for example. They’ve released their AI models as “open-source”, but they come with licenses that restrict what users can actually do with the model… so half open-source?

Enter the Open Source Initiative (OSI)
These guys are a team of self-appointed open-source nerds that’ve been creating the rules since 1999. Their new task? Trying to lay down the law on what open-source AI means. They’ve even dedicated 70 researchers, lawyers, activists, policymakers, and representatives to figure out this elephant in the room.

So far, there’s been no ground made… yet.

It turns out that AI is an entirely different bag of worms compared to simple ol’ software. You can’t just release the code and call it a day, no no. There’s data, models, algorithms, and a whole bunch of other nerdy shit that goes into it.

To be honest, we thought open-source AI meant the traditional definition of open-source, which means the software code is made free and available to the public.

Oh how wrong we were.

So what does this all mean?
Basically, everyone's trying to have their open-source cake and eat it too. They want all the good PR and developer love that comes with being "open," but don't want to give up their competitive advantages.

Which, if left unchecked, you betcha the big dogs are going to make their own rules. As far as open-source goes, that’s not the world we want to live in. So, hopefully, the newly appointed OSI sheriffs can figure something out, and soon.

Buckle Up, Trekkies. The Borgs Are Coming!

The brains at MIT, Yale, and Loughborough University shared their vision for an AI powered, knowledge network, they called “Collective AI.”

ChatGPT is so 2023
Large AI models, such as ChatGPT, train like me for finals… an excruciating, energy intensive, sleep deprived “cram” session fueled by copious amounts of Mt. Dew, pizza rolls, and Mike and Ike’s.

And then… this limited learning window is closed and the model doesn’t continue to learn until the next “cram” session.

Collective AI is OP (overpowered)
In the future, Collective AI will learn like the rest of you… lifelong, continuous learning with the ability to adapt and instantly share knowledge amongst one another.

After all, “human knowledge has grown incrementally over millennia thanks to communication and sharing,” Dr. Soltoggio expressed. What makes AI different?

BUT there’s one underlying assumption for Collective AI to function properly… AI Agent Democracy.

WTF is AI Agent Democracy?!?
Each AI agent operates independently with their own goals and decision-making instead of being a subordinate to a single centralized AI authority.

It’s crucial to ensure no single Queen Bee is calling all the shots - you know, checks and balances, fam.

BONUS: What makes Collective AI different than humans?
They’ll learn from their mistakes 🤣

⌛️ Throwback Thursday

A little blast from the past.

11 years ago, Siri made its official debut on the iPhone 4s. Hot damn do we feel old…

Daily Delight

Just something fun and interesting around the web.

What’s happening inside the Realm

A list of side quests to explore and more.

• 💻️ If you have any knowledge of coding, you can have the top AI models actually brawl it out in Street Fighter 3.

• 🚆 The US is hopping aboard the AI regulations train by creating federal regulations to prevent discrimination.

• ⬆️ AI wearables are all the craze… the latest is called Compass. For $99, it will document your life through transcribing conversations. Marketing persuasion suggest it’s a great way to “revisit important moments in your life…”

• 👑 Claude 3 Opus by Anthropic is the latest and greatest ChatGPT contender.

That’s all the quests we have for today. Check back tomorrow for more!

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