Open or Closed? The battle for the soul of GenAI

    Open or Closed? The battle for the soul of GenAI

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    Hey there, I’m 
Chris Messina
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    Hey there, I’m 
Chris Messina
I’m here to 
speak about…
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    Photo by Jason Leung
The battle for the soul of GenAI
Open or Closed?
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    …which I suppose is because
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    Photo by Vlad Tchompalov
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    • Barcamp 
• Coworking 
• Microformats 
• The Hashtag 
• ActivityStreams 
• OpenID & OAuth
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    Andrius Kulikauskas
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     I accept the idea that I 
should give everything away.” 
— Andrius Kulikauskas
“
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    Our goal is to […] unravel 
the normal economy, 
turning it inside out.”
— David Ellison-Bey
“
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    Image by Jose Antonio Gelado
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    Image by Jose Antonio Gelado
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    We strengthen our commitment 
to developer freedom, 
openness and innovation.”
— Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO
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    Photo by Wil Stewart
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    open source
open data
open weights & models
open licensing
open protocols
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    AP Photo
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    2. Additional Commercial Terms. If, on the Meta Llama 3 version release 
date, the monthly active users of the products or services made available by 
or for Licensee, or Licensee’s affiliates, is greater than 700 million monthly
active users in the preceding calendar month, you must request a license 
from Meta, which Meta may grant to you in its sole discretion, and you are not 
authorized to exercise any of the rights under this Agreement unless or until 
Meta otherwise expressly grants you such rights.
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    Photo by Jason Leung
Open or Closed?
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    Photo by Jason Leung
It depends!
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    Photo by Jason Leung
Open or Closed?
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    Photo by Jason Leung
What are we 
solving for?
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    I have thoughts.
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    But I had this dream…
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    Image by Jose Antonio Gelado
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    Image by Jose Antonio Gelado
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    ☭
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    Photo by Jason Leung
Open or Closed?
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    Photo by Luis Quintero
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    Artwork by Sergio Kuub
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    Artwork by Sergio Kuub
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    Low hills closed in on either side as the train 
eventually crawled on to high, tabletop 
grasslands creased with snow. Birds flew at 
window level. I could see lakes of an unreal cobalt 
blue to the north. 
The train pulled into a sprawling rail yard: the 
Kazakh side of the Kazakhstan-China border.
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    Workers unhitched the cars, lifted them, one by 
one, ten feet high with giant jacks, and replaced 
the wide-gauge Russian undercarriages with 
narrower ones for the Chinese tracks. 
Russian gauges, still in use throughout the former 
Soviet Union, are wider than the world standard. 
The idea was to the prevent invaders from 
entering Russia by train. 
The changeover took hours.
— Robert D. Kaplan, The Ends of the Earth
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    Workers unhitched the cars, lifted them, one by 
one, ten feet high with giant jacks, and replaced 
the wide-gauge Russian undercarriages with 
narrower ones for the Chinese tracks. 
Russian gauges, still in use throughout the former 
Soviet Union, are wider than the world standard. 
The idea was to the prevent invaders from 
entering Russia by train. 
The changeover took hours.
— Robert D. Kaplan, The Ends of the Earth
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    We overestimate what we can 
achieve in a day, but underestimate 
what we can accomplish in a month, 
a year, or a decade.”
— Maybe Tony Robbins, via Claude 3 Haiku
“
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    Photo by Jason Leung
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    I have thoughts.
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    I want to recruit you.
Image credit to the Library of Congress
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    Photo by Hannah Vorenkamp
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    Photo by Hannah Vorenkamp
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    Git stores and thinks about information in the 
same way that you might imagine a tree: there 
are branches, there is a trunk, and the 
commit points themselves are sort of like the 
[growth rings of] the tree.”
— Scott Chacon, co-author of the Pro Git book
“
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    93.6%
Of the top million web servers run Linux
—ZDNET, July 2023
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    Share of Android’s mobile operating share worldwide
70.8% —statcounter, March 2024
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    Of all the websites on the internet run WordPress
43%
 —colorlib, January 2024
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    Photo by Hannah Vorenkamp
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    Photo by Luis Quintero
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    Photo by Luis Quintero
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    Our goal is to […] unravel 
the normal economy, 
turning it inside out.”
— David Ellison-Bey
“
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    source
data
weights & models
licensing
protocols
closed
closed
closed
closed
closed
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    source
data
weights & models
licensing
protocols
closed
closed
closed
closed
closed
open
open
open
open
open
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    #ThankYou
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    Photo by Jason Leung
The battle for the soul of GenAI
Open or Closed?
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    Open or Closed? The battle for the soul of GenAI

    • 1. Hey there, I’m Chris Messina April 22, 2024 ・ Shack15 ・ chrismessina.me
    • 2. Hey there, I’m Chris Messina I’m here to speak about… April 22, 2024 ・ Shack15 ・ chrismessina.me
    • 3. Photo by Jason Leung The battle for the soul of GenAI Open or Closed?
    • 4. …which I suppose is because
    • 8. Photo by Vlad Tchompalov
    • 9. • Barcamp • Coworking • Microformats • The Hashtag • ActivityStreams • OpenID & OAuth
    • 11. Andrius Kulikauskas
    • 13. I accept the idea that I should give everything away.” — Andrius Kulikauskas “
    • 15. Our goal is to […] unravel the normal economy, turning it inside out.” — David Ellison-Bey “
    • 17. Image by Jose Antonio Gelado
    • 18. Image by Jose Antonio Gelado
    • 20. We strengthen our commitment to developer freedom, openness and innovation.” — Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO “
    • 23. Photo by Wil Stewart
    • 25. open source open data open weights & models open licensing open protocols
    • 28. AP Photo
    • 31. 2. Additional Commercial Terms. If, on the Meta Llama 3 version release date, the monthly active users of the products or services made available by or for Licensee, or Licensee’s affiliates, is greater than 700 million monthly active users in the preceding calendar month, you must request a license from Meta, which Meta may grant to you in its sole discretion, and you are not authorized to exercise any of the rights under this Agreement unless or until Meta otherwise expressly grants you such rights.
    • 33. Photo by Jason Leung Open or Closed?
    • 34. Photo by Jason Leung It depends!
    • 35. Photo by Jason Leung Open or Closed?
    • 36. Photo by Jason Leung What are we solving for?
    • 37. I have thoughts.
    • 38. But I had this dream…
    • 39. Image by Jose Antonio Gelado
    • 40. Image by Jose Antonio Gelado
    • 41.
    • 44. Photo by Jason Leung Open or Closed?
    • 45. Photo by Luis Quintero
    • 46. Artwork by Sergio Kuub
    • 47. Artwork by Sergio Kuub
    • 49. Low hills closed in on either side as the train eventually crawled on to high, tabletop grasslands creased with snow. Birds flew at window level. I could see lakes of an unreal cobalt blue to the north. The train pulled into a sprawling rail yard: the Kazakh side of the Kazakhstan-China border.
    • 50. Workers unhitched the cars, lifted them, one by one, ten feet high with giant jacks, and replaced the wide-gauge Russian undercarriages with narrower ones for the Chinese tracks. Russian gauges, still in use throughout the former Soviet Union, are wider than the world standard. The idea was to the prevent invaders from entering Russia by train. The changeover took hours. — Robert D. Kaplan, The Ends of the Earth
    • 51. Workers unhitched the cars, lifted them, one by one, ten feet high with giant jacks, and replaced the wide-gauge Russian undercarriages with narrower ones for the Chinese tracks. Russian gauges, still in use throughout the former Soviet Union, are wider than the world standard. The idea was to the prevent invaders from entering Russia by train. The changeover took hours. — Robert D. Kaplan, The Ends of the Earth
    • 53. We overestimate what we can achieve in a day, but underestimate what we can accomplish in a month, a year, or a decade.” — Maybe Tony Robbins, via Claude 3 Haiku “
    • 54. Photo by Jason Leung
    • 55. I have thoughts.
    • 56. I want to recruit you. Image credit to the Library of Congress
    • 57. Photo by Hannah Vorenkamp
    • 58. Photo by Hannah Vorenkamp
    • 59. Git stores and thinks about information in the same way that you might imagine a tree: there are branches, there is a trunk, and the commit points themselves are sort of like the [growth rings of] the tree.” — Scott Chacon, co-author of the Pro Git book “
    • 61. 93.6% Of the top million web servers run Linux —ZDNET, July 2023
    • 62. Share of Android’s mobile operating share worldwide 70.8% —statcounter, March 2024
    • 63. Of all the websites on the internet run WordPress 43% —colorlib, January 2024
    • 64. Photo by Hannah Vorenkamp
    • 66. Photo by Luis Quintero
    • 67. Photo by Luis Quintero
    • 68. Our goal is to […] unravel the normal economy, turning it inside out.” — David Ellison-Bey “
    • 69. source data weights & models licensing protocols closed closed closed closed closed
    • 70. source data weights & models licensing protocols closed closed closed closed closed open open open open open
    • 71. #ThankYou
    • 72. Photo by Jason Leung The battle for the soul of GenAI Open or Closed? April 22, 2024 ・ Shack15 ・ chrismessina.me


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