I'm pretty interested in the dynamics of recommendation algorithms and one of the few people that think that open source solutions have too little of them.
That's probably not the point. His goal is likely auditability, not getting outside contributions.
However:
> I don’t think Elon understands open source
Absolutely. Like most popular tech-wannabes he uses the term to mean something like "freely licensed". I fact he called his opening up of Tesla's patents "open sourcing" them.
As somebody who knows what "open source" actually means, I cringe at this over-use. On the other hand I appreciate that the term and the concept are gaining popularity.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 26.3 ms ] threadI'm pretty interested in the dynamics of recommendation algorithms and one of the few people that think that open source solutions have too little of them.
However:
> I don’t think Elon understands open source
Absolutely. Like most popular tech-wannabes he uses the term to mean something like "freely licensed". I fact he called his opening up of Tesla's patents "open sourcing" them.
As somebody who knows what "open source" actually means, I cringe at this over-use. On the other hand I appreciate that the term and the concept are gaining popularity.