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A world dominated by open-weight models is a form of 'full AI communism' that feels much safer than a world where open-weight models are treated like nuclear weapons capable of ending humanity.
CMU professor Russ Salakhutdinov pushes back on doom-laden framings of open-weight models, joking that an open-weight-dominant world is 'full AI communism' and far safer than treating open weights like nuclear weapons. ✦ AI generated
Russ Salakhutdinov · Big Technology · 2026-07-20 · original ↗
"I kind of like the new narrative: Open-weight-model-dominant world = full AI communism," wrote Carnegie Mellon University professor Russ Salakhutdinov in a response to Ball's post. "It feels a lot safer than the world where Open-weight models = nuclear weapons with humanity's annihilation."
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