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A new wave in AI development? Can "collaboration AI" beat "big company AI"?
Hello to all of you who are curious about the world of the Metaverse and new technologies! I'm John, your guide.
Have you heard the term "AI" a lot recently in the news or on the Internet? Today, we will explain what AI, or "artificial intelligence," is.Who is making it and how?I would like to talk about how interesting changes may be occurring there right now. I will try to avoid technical terms as much as possible and explain things in an easy-to-understand manner, especially for beginners who don't know anything about AI or the metaverse, so please relax and read on!
First of all, what is "AI (artificial intelligence)"?
Before we get into the main topic, let's briefly review what "AI" is.
AI is an abbreviation for "Artificial Intelligence," which is called "artificial intelligence" in Japanese. To put it very simply,Technology that enables computers to think, learn, and make decisions like humansYou read it right!
For example, when you ask your smartphone, "What's the weather today?", a voice assistant will answer, right? That is also a type of AI. AI also plays a major role in other things, such as when online shopping displays "recommended products for you" and in self-driving car technology these days. AI is already being used in many familiar areas of our lives.
There are two main approaches to creating AI:
Well, there are actually two different approaches to how to create this convenient AI. Let's take a look at the characteristics of each.
1. AI development in major companies: cutting-edge technology created with a secret recipe
The first is that world-famous IT companies (large companies dealing with information technology) such as Google and Microsoft,Develop AI within your own companyIt's the way.
- We will gather many of our talented researchers and engineers to form a special, specialized team.
- AI blueprints and methods for making them (technically called "algorithms" and "models") are treated as important trade secrets and are strictly managed by the company, much like the recipe for a "secret sauce" that is kept secret from a long-established Japanese restaurant.
- The strength of this method is that it makes it easy to create extremely high-performance, innovative AI using huge amounts of money and the latest equipment, allowing for the rapid pursuit of cutting-edge technology.
- On the other hand, the amazing technology and detailed information that is created in this way tends to be the property of the company that developed it. It is often difficult for other companies or individuals to freely use the AI or learn the details of how it works. In this way, the situation where certain companies have a lot of power is called "MonopolyIt is sometimes pointed out that the latest technology may end up being concentrated in the hands of a few companies.
2. Open Source AI: "Public Recipes" Developed with Everyone's Wisdom
And the other way to make it is the main theme of this article, "Open Source" This is an AI created with this idea in mind.
- Many people may be hearing the term "open source" for the first time. This is the term used to describe the process of making the source code (a program containing instructions for a computer), which acts as the blueprint for AI, available via the internet or other means.Publicly available for anyone in the world to seeAnd it's a method of development that proceeds with a very open stance, where everyone is free to improve the AI and share ideas to make it even better.
- To put it in perspective, it's like when a talented cook publishes their favorite original recipe on a blog, and people who read it comment and give their opinions, saying things like, "Maybe if I add this ingredient it will taste even better!" or "How about presenting it like this?", or even try making their own variations on the recipe, and the original recipe continues to evolve.
- Very high transparency: Anyone can see how the AI works and its internals (source code), making it easier to trust it rather than viewing it as a "suspicious box whose functions are unknown."
- Community-based development:Not just from a specific company, but programmers and researchers from all over the world, and even individuals who are simply interested in AI, are involved in the development as if they were volunteers. Everyone's wisdom and power is pooled together across borders.
- It's like "Living Process" With the involvement of many people, AI will constantly incorporate new ideas, change, and continue to grow. It's not something that's created once and then finished; everyone works together to nurture it, making it a dynamic development style just like a living thing.
So, in the end, can "AI created by everyone" compete with large corporations?
So far, we have looked at two approaches to AI development, but the question that comes to mind is, "So, can this 'AI created by everyone (open source AI)' really compete with 'AI made by large companies' that have huge amounts of funding and many experts?"
According to the original article, this open source AI development style is a departure from the traditional image and common sense that AI development is something that is exclusively carried out by large companies with cutting-edge facilities and huge research and development budgets.It's throwing down a big challenge,It has been with.
The strengths of open source AI seem to lie primarily in the following points:
- Horizontal development model:In contrast to the "top-down" approach in large companies, where development proceeds according to policies decided by the top, in open source, many participants share opinions in a flat relationship and cooperate to proceed with development. This is called "horizontal." It's easier to incorporate diverse perspectives.
- Transparency and the trust it brings:Because the AI mechanism is public, it is easy to identify the cause when a problem occurs, and the AI can be checked by many eyes to see whether it is ethically sound, fair, etc. This is a great source of reassurance for us who use AI.
- The power of community and accelerating innovationBy bringing together people with a wide range of knowledge and experience from around the world, it becomes easier to come up with innovative ideas that a single company would not come up with on its own, and to develop AI that meets specific niche needs.Collective intelligenceThis power, which could be described as "power," has the potential to further accelerate innovation (technological advancements).
Of course, AI developed by large companies is often very powerful in terms of computing power and data volume, which is a great advancement in itself. However, open source AI isFlexibility, transparency and, above all, participationIt can be said that AI has the great power to make AI technology familiar and accessible (usable) to many more people, not just a select few experts and companies. It seems that a new wave is coming to the world of AI development.
What does this mean for the metaverse and our future?
This idea of "open source" and the changes it is bringing to AI development may actually be a very important point for the "metaverse" that we are paying attention to.
The metaverse is still new, and it's a world of the future. Will this new digital space be created by only a few large corporations, or will many more individuals and small groups be able to freely participate and cooperate to co-create a diverse and rich world? The open source AI movement is a stepping stone to such a scenario.The state of future technology and the direction of digital societymay also have a small impact.
I'm excited about the idea that the increase in open technology that anyone can use will expand the opportunities for each of us to become creators and start new businesses, leading to the creation of more interesting ideas and convenient services that have never been seen before.
A word from John
When you hear the word AI, you might think it's something very complicated and far away, but when you look at it from the perspective of "who is creating it and what their intentions are," doesn't it seem a little closer to you?
I feel that the open source movement is one of the major trends of the times, making cutting-edge technology more "everyone's" thing. With the development of both powerful technology created by large companies and open technology born from the collective wisdom of everyone, in a well-balanced way, I think our future will be richer and more interesting. We can't take our eyes off AI of the future and the new possibilities it will open up!
This article is based on the following original articles and is summarized from the author's perspective:
Can Open Source Compete with Corporate AI?