Raw LLM Responses

Even though I admittedly am biased towards China as a Chinese person myself, I must say that China’s open source strategy of research speed acceleration isn’t 100% altruistic, not that OP was saying that of course! Cynically, I think that the Chinese government will attempt to centralize control when their open source strategy does succeed in catching up to the West, much like how Deng & Hu’s Chinas were retired in favour of a China with less decentralization. After all, why would they let such a potent technology slip between their fingers when they have such a tight grasp at this point? The only situation that this won’t happen is if the Chinese government’s determination of sector profitability leads to the open source / decentralized model as having more potential benefits for the Chinese economy, which kind of remains as the one pain point that average Chinese citizens gripe about. On the same level, America’s AI sector strategy of enclosure development isn’t entirely reductive - I think that open source projects, despite the inherent optimism in their naming, have a risk of unfocused development and scope creep. However I do think that open source specifically within AI field is advantageous due to the data ingestion required for quality output. It’s so interesting to see how AI is being treated as both a technology fit for a traditional “arms race” between rival hegemonies, or an entirely new category of technology that promises to fix many economies of scale problems that ail our species. Regardless of our nationalities, it’s my hope that AI’s open source development can continue unhindered.