Frequent PSA web contributor Gary Gomes recently speculated about the hurdles for small scale startups that want to implement the power of Generative AI in various tools.
He noted several areas where the costs of obtaining access could be steep for mom and pop startups, and where issues of who’s got control of how the implementation is done become problematic.
Needless to say such challenges could be even more problematic for the individual consumer …as the problem of costs and control in the social media world is currently raging with little resolution on the horizon despite obvious concerns.
(SCOTUS “who is responsible for posted content ” case, Twitter Turmoil, TikTok as NonUS control challenges, MetaFacebook data access concerns, MS rollout of ChatGPT within much of their software etc and their “accuracy problems”, Apple’s AppStore 30% weighing on startup costs.
Who is censoring and what are they censoring? What is Free Speech online? Do posters have individual accountability for truth? Who’s selling privacy out to the highest, and next highest, bidder? That’s the landscape Generative AI is arriving at. In addition to the costs concerns, content control looms very large.)
One of the new hopes from the advancement and release of powerful Generative AI is that education can be also be greatly advanced. The track record of BigEd institutions at state ED levels, and school district levels, is mixed at best for innovative learning tech adoptions and successful rollouts,.
So the dawning of an alternate “learn from home” mom and pop startup “industry” based heavily on new AI including Generative AI holds great promise. But that’s if the costs are not prohibitive, and control is distributed widely.
Here’s a recent article talking about some good news for players working with OpenAI and their ChatGPT.