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AI as Normal Technology

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237 points randomwalker | 1 comments | 15 Apr 25 20:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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dakiol ◴[17 Apr 25 11:26 UTC] No.43715261[source]▶
AI won’t become “normal technology” until the open source versions are more powerful than the closed ones. Just like Linux is the “best” kernel out there, and that doesn’t prevent other kernels to be proprietary (but that doesn’t matter because they are not better than Linux).

Imagine for a moment what would happen if suddenly one company “buys” the Linux kernel, and suddenly you need to pay per the number of processes you run in your machine. Awful.

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falcor84 ◴[17 Apr 25 11:30 UTC] No.43715280[source]▶
I don't think that's a hard requirement.

Spreadsheets for example became normal technology long before we had a good open source one. And arguably we still don't have an open source one that's more powerful than the closed source ones.

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1. tilne ◴[17 Apr 25 11:36 UTC] No.43715320[source]▶
I agree with you. I think OP’s point becomes more valid if you limit the discussion to tools used while developing/maintaining software, as opposed to tools used by a wider audience.

I don’t fully believe that either, but I see where the point would come from.