Does Closed-Source AI Actually Make Us Safer?
besanushi · x · 2026-07-15
This reply continues the open-source versus closed-source AI debate, focusing on safety and practical execution. It points out that very few people actually know how to build safety guardrails, and allowing this knowledge to be monopolized by a few could itself become a massive security risk.
Tying back to previous discussions, the core thread asks: if machine learning had developed entirely behind closed doors over the past decade, would today's ecosystem actually be worse off?
Related event: The Open Source AI Debate: Security, Research, and Monopoly(10 posts)→
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