[bluegatty]

Those are all fine points, but 'lack of open compute' isn't quite an AI issue.

Thanks to Chinese vendors, there's a ton of near Tier1 AI that we can all access.

Unlike Android where it's not feasible to use though it may be Open on some level.

[matheusmoreira]

Not quite an AI issue, but they do intersect. They want us to pay them for "intelligence" on a metered basis, just like we pay for energy and water. They absolutely are an enemy of local computing freedom. The future they are designing is one where they hold all the computing power while we are literally priced out.

[bluegatty]

I think your concerns are valid - but the decisive claims are not.

They're capitalist entities trying to capture value and control of a new thing they are introducing - yes - but that's a pretty normal thing, we get over that with competition, regulation etc.

This will happen over time - all device manufacturers, cloud providers are 'on our side!'

AWS and Apple want to commoditize the AI as much as you do.

So do the Chinese manufacturers, and really Nvidia and ASML as well.

So we, the proletariat can 'pit them against each other' in value chain competition!

[matheusmoreira]

I hope you're right. I truly do.