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Ethan Mollick questions belief that open-weight AI will collapse industry

Ethan Mollick expresses confusion regarding the idea that open-weight AI models will lead to the collapse of the AI industry. He argues that even if major AI labs lose dominance, it won't be due to AI's uselessness. Instead, compute power will remain the primary barrier, allowing compute providers to capture the value generated by AI. AI

IMPACT Challenges the notion that open-source AI models inherently threaten the AI industry's viability.

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Ethan Mollick questions belief that open-weight AI will collapse industry

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  1. Bluesky Jetstream — AI desk TIER_1 English(EN) · emollick.bsky.social ·

    I am confused about the belief that if open weights eventually dominate it will lead to the collapse of AI. If the Labs lose (which is not happening now), it is

    I am confused about the belief that if open weights eventually dominate it will lead to the collapse of AI. If the Labs lose (which is not happening now), it isn’t because AI was useless: compute is still the barrier & it means that compute providers will capture the value create…