It doesn't matter if DeepSeek copied OpenAI — the damage has already been done in the AI arms race

[admin]

This whole DeepSeek copying ChatGPT accusation from OpenAI and Microsoft reminds me of one thing — people don't care about copycats when they're cheaper and better.

It doesn't matter if DeepSeek copied OpenAI — the damage has already been done in the AI arms race : Read more

 

[raoort]

How is DeepSeek being trained on Open AI any different from Open AI being trained on copyrighted material without permission?

 

[zackb]

I think in the age of AI, and really when think what silicon valley has done in the last 40 years, we need to reconsider what it means to use largely publicly produced resources through open source R&D. We all had a big role through tax dollars in creating the technology that these companies abuse as an automated wealth extraction machine. Forget about a gold standard for wealth, we need a work standard. If AI is using our culture and technology and literature and behavior, then we all deserve part of the profits. Deepseek is a blessing to allow that to happen, and it is unlikely that the monopolists in silicon valley or any government is going to be able to keep the thoughts and ideas of the AI genie bottled in a lamp. Thank goodness we finally have a technology where that cannot be done. A few less billionaires will equal to many more trillions in wealth for humanity if the technology is truly democratized.