There are two competing visions for the future of the AI business, according to Marc Andreessen.
Instead, it's one of the most fundamental (and arguably surreal) questions facing the AI industry today, according to legendary investor Marc Andreessen.
In the first vision, AI startups are in a winner-takes-all race.
These AI models, such as Meta's Llama offerings, are freely available for almost anyone to use, while OpenAI sells access to propriety, closed models.
But if downloadable, open-source models pull all prices down to the "cost of production," then Andreessen's first vision — of "infinite profits" — starts to appear a little less likely.
Persons:
Marc Andreessen, isn't, —, Andreessen, there's, Rice, OpenAI, Kevin Weil, Robert Nishihara, Weil, Mark, Zuckerberg
Organizations:
Service, Google, Ray Summit, Anyscale, Meta
Locations:
San Francisco