Rebuttal to Sacks: Open Weights AI Creates Value, Closed AI Captures It
JosephJacks_ · x · 2026-08-22
Author argues against David Sacks' analogy comparing AI to the internet. Sacks suggested a scenario where China wins AI is like if it had won the internet. The counterpoint is that internet value capture was via closed platforms, and all major closed AI is American. Open weights AI is great at value creation, NOT capture.
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