Being "open" can also be a way for someone to bootstrap their start-up by bringing on free labor.
This is the same playbook that Hashicorp and Reddit used. They were "open source".... Until they weren't. Reddit even had an open API... Until they didn't.
Think about that for a moment.
ClosedAI were able to use being "open" to market their start-up. They were able to use that to attract funding / investment. Then, they transitioned away from that with a convenient excuse when it came time to launch their product.
Is that not a grift?
Also, from what I've seen, "AI ethics" is mostly just a way for someone to dress up their views on the technology in a manner which they think appears more objective.
In essence, the so-called "AI" "ethicist" has no competence in technology, has no knowledge of users, knows nothing of products, asks philosophical questions in a void, and comes back with utter garbage.
"AI" "ethics" is an attempt to avoid having concrete and mature discussions about "AI" and to instead go chasing hypotheticals and to approach the subject as if it is an abstract thing.
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