Nor does openness necessarily reduce harm, in a context where the resources required to create/deploy AI at scale remain concentrated in the hands of a few corps.
Indeed, as in the case of Meta, "open" AI (like FOSS beofre it) can be leveraged to extend market dominance. 4/
Again, "open" AI does good things. BUT any meaningful social benefit from βopenβ AI will only be possible if we ALSO SIMULTANEOUSLY reduce concentrated power of the AI industry. & any proposal that leaves this unsaid risks ramifying, not alleviating, current BigTech dominance. 5/