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mostlysignssomeportents · 1 year ago

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"Open" "AI" isn’t

Tomorrow (19 Aug), I'm appearing at the San Diego Union-Tribune Festival of Books. I'm on a 2:30PM panel called "Return From Retirement," followed by a signing:

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/festivalofbooks

The crybabies who freak out about The Communist Manifesto appearing on university curriculum clearly never read it – chapter one is basically a long hymn to capitalism's flexibility and inventiveness, its ability to change form and adapt itself to everything the world throws at it and come out on top:

https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ch01.htm#007

Today, leftists signal this protean capacity of capital with the -washing suffix: greenwashing, genderwashing, queerwashing, wokewashing – all the ways capital cloaks itself in liberatory, progressive values, while still serving as a force for extraction, exploitation, and political corruption.

A smart capitalist is someone who, sensing the outrage at a world run by 150 old white guys in boardrooms, proposes replacing half of them with women, queers, and people of color. This is a superficial maneuver, sure, but it's an incredibly effective one.

In "Open (For Business): Big Tech, Concentrated Power, and the Political Economy of Open AI," a new working paper, Meredith Whittaker, David Gray Widder and Sarah B Myers document a new kind of -washing: openwashing:

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4543807

Openwashing is the trick that large "AI" companies use to evade regulation and neutralizing critics, by casting themselves as forces of ethical capitalism, committed to the virtue of openness. No one should be surprised to learn that the products of the "open" wing of an industry whose products are neither "artificial," nor "intelligent," are also not "open." Every word AI huxters say is a lie; including "and," and "the."

So what work does the "open" in "open AI" do? "Open" here is supposed to invoke the "open" in "open source," a movement that emphasizes a software development methodology that promotes code transparency, reusability and extensibility, which are three important virtues.

But "open source" itself is an offshoot of a more foundational movement, the Free Software movement, whose goal is to promote freedom, and whose method is openness. The point of software freedom was technological self-determination, the right of technology users to decide not just what their technology does, but who it does it to and who it does it for:

https://locusmag.com/2022/01/cory-doctorow-science-fiction-is-a-luddite-literature/

The open source split from free software was ostensibly driven by the need to reassure investors and businesspeople so they would join the movement. The "free" in free software is (deliberately) ambiguous, a bit of wordplay that sometimes misleads people into thinking it means "Free as in Beer" when really it means "Free as in Speech" (in Romance languages, these distinctions are captured by translating "free" as "libre" rather than "gratis").

The idea behind open source was to rebrand free software in a less ambiguous – and more instrumental – package that stressed cost-savings and software quality, as well as "ecosystem benefits" from a co-operative form of development that recruited tinkerers, independents, and rivals to contribute to a robust infrastructural commons.

But "open" doesn't merely resolve the linguistic ambiguity of libre vs gratis – it does so by removing the "liberty" from "libre," the "freedom" from "free." "Open" changes the pole-star that movement participants follow as they set their course. Rather than asking "Which course of action makes us more free?" they ask, "Which course of action makes our software better?"

Thus, by dribs and drabs, the freedom leeches out of openness. Today's tech giants have mobilized "open" to create a two-tier system: the largest tech firms enjoy broad freedom themselves – they alone get to decide how their software stack is configured. But for all of us who rely on that (increasingly unavoidable) software stack, all we have is "open": the ability to peer inside that software and see how it works, and perhaps suggest improvements to it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBknF2yUZZ8

In the Big Tech internet, it's freedom for them, openness for us. "Openness" – transparency, reusability and extensibility – is valuable, but it shouldn't be mistaken for technological self-determination. As the tech sector becomes ever-more concentrated, the limits of openness become more apparent.

But even by those standards, the openness of "open AI" is thin gruel indeed (that goes triple for the company that calls itself "OpenAI," which is a particularly egregious openwasher).

The paper's authors start by suggesting that the "open" in "open AI" is meant to imply that an "open AI" can be scratch-built by competitors (or even hobbyists), but that this isn't true. Not only is the material that "open AI" companies publish insufficient for reproducing their products, even if those gaps were plugged, the resource burden required to do so is so intense that only the largest companies could do so.

Beyond this, the "open" parts of "open AI" are insufficient for achieving the other claimed benefits of "open AI": they don't promote auditing, or safety, or competition. Indeed, they often cut against these goals.

"Open AI" is a wordgame that exploits the malleability of "open," but also the ambiguity of the term "AI": "a grab bag of approaches, not… a technical term of art, but more … marketing and a signifier of aspirations." Hitching this vague term to "open" creates all kinds of bait-and-switch opportunities.

That's how you get Meta claiming that LLaMa2 is "open source," despite being licensed in a way that is absolutely incompatible with any widely accepted definition of the term:

https://blog.opensource.org/metas-llama-2-license-is-not-open-source/

LLaMa-2 is a particularly egregious openwashing example, but there are plenty of other ways that "open" is misleadingly applied to AI: sometimes it means you can see the source code, sometimes that you can see the training data, and sometimes that you can tune a model, all to different degrees, alone and in combination.

But even the most "open" systems can't be independently replicated, due to raw computing requirements. This isn't the fault of the AI industry – the computational intensity is a fact, not a choice – but when the AI industry claims that "open" will "democratize" AI, they are hiding the ball. People who hear these "democratization" claims (especially policymakers) are thinking about entrepreneurial kids in garages, but unless these kids have access to multi-billion-dollar data centers, they can't be "disruptors" who topple tech giants with cool new ideas. At best, they can hope to pay rent to those giants for access to their compute grids, in order to create products and services at the margin that rely on existing products, rather than displacing them.

The "open" story, with its claims of democratization, is an especially important one in the context of regulation. In Europe, where a variety of AI regulations have been proposed, the AI industry has co-opted the open source movement's hard-won narrative battles about the harms of ill-considered regulation.

For open source (and free software) advocates, many tech regulations aimed at taming large, abusive companies – such as requirements to surveil and control users to extinguish toxic behavior – wreak collateral damage on the free, open, user-centric systems that we see as superior alternatives to Big Tech. This leads to the paradoxical effect of passing regulation to "punish" Big Tech that end up simply shaving an infinitesimal percentage off the giants' profits, while destroying the small co-ops, nonprofits and startups before they can grow to be a viable alternative.

The years-long fight to get regulators to understand this risk has been waged by principled actors working for subsistence nonprofit wages or for free, and now the AI industry is capitalizing on lawmakers' hard-won consideration for collateral damage by claiming to be "open AI" and thus vulnerable to overbroad regulation.

But the "open" projects that lawmakers have been coached to value are precious because they deliver a level playing field, competition, innovation and democratization – all things that "open AI" fails to deliver. The regulations the AI industry is fighting also don't necessarily implicate the speech implications that are core to protecting free software:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/04/remembering-case-established-code-speech

Just think about LLaMa-2. You can download it for free, along with the model weights it relies on – but not detailed specs for the data that was used in its training. And the source-code is licensed under a homebrewed license cooked up by Meta's lawyers, a license that only glancingly resembles anything from the Open Source Definition:

https://opensource.org/osd/

Core to Big Tech companies' "open AI" offerings are tools, like Meta's PyTorch and Google's TensorFlow. These tools are indeed "open source," licensed under real OSS terms. But they are designed and maintained by the companies that sponsor them, and optimize for the proprietary back-ends each company offers in its own cloud. When programmers train themselves to develop in these environments, they are gaining expertise in adding value to a monopolist's ecosystem, locking themselves in with their own expertise. This a classic example of software freedom for tech giants and open source for the rest of us.

One way to understand how "open" can produce a lock-in that "free" might prevent is to think of Android: Android is an open platform in the sense that its sourcecode is freely licensed, but the existence of Android doesn't make it any easier to challenge the mobile OS duopoly with a new mobile OS; nor does it make it easier to switch from Android to iOS and vice versa.

Another example: MongoDB, a free/open database tool that was adopted by Amazon, which subsequently forked the codebase and tuning it to work on their proprietary cloud infrastructure.

The value of open tooling as a stickytrap for creating a pool of developers who end up as sharecroppers who are glued to a specific company's closed infrastructure is well-understood and openly acknowledged by "open AI" companies. Zuckerberg boasts about how PyTorch ropes developers into Meta's stack, "when there are opportunities to make integrations with products, [so] it’s much easier to make sure that developers and other folks are compatible with the things that we need in the way that our systems work."

Tooling is a relatively obscure issue, primarily debated by developers. A much broader debate has raged over training data – how it is acquired, labeled, sorted and used. Many of the biggest "open AI" companies are totally opaque when it comes to training data. Google and OpenAI won't even say how many pieces of data went into their models' training – let alone which data they used.

Other "open AI" companies use publicly available datasets like the Pile and CommonCrawl. But you can't replicate their models by shoveling these datasets into an algorithm. Each one has to be groomed – labeled, sorted, de-duplicated, and otherwise filtered. Many "open" models merge these datasets with other, proprietary sets, in varying (and secret) proportions.

Quality filtering and labeling for training data is incredibly expensive and labor-intensive, and involves some of the most exploitative and traumatizing clickwork in the world, as poorly paid workers in the Global South make pennies for reviewing data that includes graphic violence, rape, and gore.

Not only is the product of this "data pipeline" kept a secret by "open" companies, the very nature of the pipeline is likewise cloaked in mystery, in order to obscure the exploitative labor relations it embodies (the joke that "AI" stands for "absent Indians" comes out of the South Asian clickwork industry).

The most common "open" in "open AI" is a model that arrives built and trained, which is "open" in the sense that end-users can "fine-tune" it – usually while running it on the manufacturer's own proprietary cloud hardware, under that company's supervision and surveillance. These tunable models are undocumented blobs, not the rigorously peer-reviewed transparent tools celebrated by the open source movement.

If "open" was a way to transform "free software" from an ethical proposition to an efficient methodology for developing high-quality software; then "open AI" is a way to transform "open source" into a rent-extracting black box.

Some "open AI" has slipped out of the corporate silo. Meta's LLaMa was leaked by early testers, republished on 4chan, and is now in the wild. Some exciting stuff has emerged from this, but despite this work happening outside of Meta's control, it is not without benefits to Meta. As an infamous leaked Google memo explains:

Paradoxically, the one clear winner in all of this is Meta. Because the leaked model was theirs, they have effectively garnered an entire planet's worth of free labor. Since most open source innovation is happening on top of their architecture, there is nothing stopping them from directly incorporating it into their products.

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/leaked-google-memo-admits-defeat-by-open-source-ai/486290/

Thus, "open AI" is best understood as "as free product development" for large, well-capitalized AI companies, conducted by tinkerers who will not be able to escape these giants' proprietary compute silos and opaque training corpuses, and whose work product is guaranteed to be compatible with the giants' own systems.

The instrumental story about the virtues of "open" often invoke auditability: the fact that anyone can look at the source code makes it easier for bugs to be identified. But as open source projects have learned the hard way, the fact that anyone can audit your widely used, high-stakes code doesn't mean that anyone will.

The Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL was a wake-up call for the open source movement – a bug that endangered every secure webserver connection in the world, which had hidden in plain sight for years. The result was an admirable and successful effort to build institutions whose job it is to actually make use of open source transparency to conduct regular, deep, systemic audits.

In other words, "open" is a necessary, but insufficient, precondition for auditing. But when the "open AI" movement touts its "safety" thanks to its "auditability," it fails to describe any steps it is taking to replicate these auditing institutions – how they'll be constituted, funded and directed. The story starts and ends with "transparency" and then makes the unjustifiable leap to "safety," without any intermediate steps about how the one will turn into the other.

It's a Magic Underpants Gnome story, in other words:

Step One: Transparency

Step Two: ??

Step Three: Safety

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5ih_TQWqCA

Meanwhile, OpenAI itself has gone on record as objecting to "burdensome mechanisms like licenses or audits" as an impediment to "innovation" – all the while arguing that these "burdensome mechanisms" should be mandatory for rival offerings that are more advanced than its own. To call this a "transparent ruse" is to do violence to good, hardworking transparent ruses all the world over:

https://openai.com/blog/governance-of-superintelligence

Some "open AI" is much more open than the industry dominating offerings. There's EleutherAI, a donor-supported nonprofit whose model comes with documentation and code, licensed Apache 2.0. There are also some smaller academic offerings: Vicuna (UCSD/CMU/Berkeley); Koala (Berkeley) and Alpaca (Stanford).

These are indeed more open (though Alpaca – which ran on a laptop – had to be withdrawn because it "hallucinated" so profusely). But to the extent that the "open AI" movement invokes (or cares about) these projects, it is in order to brandish them before hostile policymakers and say, "Won't someone please think of the academics?" These are the poster children for proposals like exempting AI from antitrust enforcement, but they're not significant players in the "open AI" industry, nor are they likely to be for so long as the largest companies are running the show:

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4493900

I'm kickstarting the audiobook for "The Internet Con: How To Seize the Means of Computation," a Big Tech disassembly manual to disenshittify the web and make a new, good internet to succeed the old, good internet. It's a DRM-free book, which means Audible won't carry it, so this crowdfunder is essential. Back now to get the audio, Verso hardcover and ebook:

http://seizethemeansofcomputation.org

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/18/openwashing/#you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means

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roncy89 · 1 year ago

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**Practical ⁣Tips for Success in‍ Medical ⁣Billing and Coding** – Stay current: The healthcare industry is ‍always evolving, so‌ it’s essential to stay up-to-date on the latest coding guidelines and regulations. – Develop strong ⁢communication skills: Medical billers and coders often work ‌closely with healthcare providers, insurance⁣ companies, and patients,⁤ so effective communication is key. – Practice accuracy: Attention to detail is crucial in medical billing and coding to ensure claims are processed correctly and quickly. – Network: Join professional organizations, attend industry conferences, and connect with other medical billers⁣ and coders to stay informed and expand⁣ your career ⁢opportunities.

**Real-Life Case Studies** – **Case Study ‌1: Sarah**: After completing an ⁢online medical coding course⁢ through CareerStep, Sarah passed the CPC exam and secured a position at a local clinic. She now enjoys a flexible ‍work-from-home‍ schedule and a ⁢competitive ⁣salary. – **Case Study⁣ 2: John**: With a background ⁤in healthcare administration, John decided to enhance his ⁢skills by enrolling in ‌an online medical billing and coding program at AAPC. He quickly advanced to a supervisory role at a major hospital and oversees a ⁢team of coders.

**Conclusion** Mastering medical billing ⁢and coding can open up ⁣a world of opportunities in‍ the healthcare industry. By investing in top online courses, staying ⁣current with industry trends, and honing your skills, you can pave the way for a successful ‌career in this in-demand field. Whether you’re ‍a recent graduate⁤ or looking to transition into a new career,‌ medical billing and coding ⁤could be ‍the perfect fit ‌for you. Start your journey today and unlock ⁣the door to a fulfilling and ‌rewarding career.

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This flying electric vehicle breaks record with 523-mile nonstop flight

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This flying electric vehicle breaks record with 523-mile nonstop flight

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BitCot is a top software development company in San Diego. Our goal is to bring your ideas to life by providing creative solutions to businesses of all sizes. Our team of skilled software developers is enthusiastic about making advanced software to meet your needs. We are dedicated to delivering high-quality and affordable solutions that improve your business operations, delight your customers, and help your business grow. Whether you are a startup or a big company, we can assist you in taking your business to the next level with our custom software development services.

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How to Choose the Right City for Your Senior Software Engineer Career Based on Industry Trends

Level Up Your Career: Choosing Your Senior Software Engineer Utopia

Congratulations! You've climbed the ranks and become a senior software engineer – a coveted role in today's tech-driven world. But with great power comes a great decision: where to take your skills next? Choosing the right city for your senior software engineer jobs can significantly impact your professional growth, lifestyle, and overall happiness. Fear not, code warrior! This guide will equip you to navigate the landscape and find your software engineer utopia.

Industry Trends: Following the Tech Titans

The tech landscape is constantly evolving, and certain cities tend to be epicenters of innovation. Here's how industry trends can guide your decision:

Emerging Technologies: Are you passionate about artificial intelligence, blockchain, or the metaverse? Research cities with a strong presence of companies leading the charge in these fields. This could be Silicon Valley for AI, Seattle for VR/AR, or New York City for FinTech.

Remote Work Revolution: The pandemic has changed the game. Many companies now embrace remote work, opening up a wider range of possibilities. Explore cities with a thriving tech scene but a lower cost of living compared to traditional tech hubs. Places like Austin, Denver, or Atlanta could be great options.

Specialization vs. Diversification: Do you thrive in a specialized tech niche or prefer a broader tech ecosystem? Cities like Boston or San Diego attract companies in specific sectors like healthcare or robotics. Alternatively, hubs like New York or Chicago offer a diverse mix of industries, allowing you to explore various opportunities.

Company Presence: Who's Your Dream Team?

Knowing which companies are hiring senior software engineers is crucial. Here's how to research company presence:

Tech Giants vs. Startups: Do you crave the stability of a large tech company or the exhilarating world of a startup? Research your dream companies and see where they have a strong presence. Senior software engineer roles might be more readily available at established tech giants in Silicon Valley, while exciting startup opportunities could be found in cities like Tel Aviv or Berlin.

Company Culture: A good company culture can make all the difference. Research the work environment, values, and employee reviews for companies you're interested in. This will help you choose a place that aligns with your work style and personal values.

Networking Events: Attending industry conferences or meetups in different cities can be a fantastic way to connect with companies and get a feel for the local tech scene. This allows you to explore opportunities beyond what you might find online and make valuable connections with potential employers.

Growth Prospects: Planting Seeds for the Future

Your career journey doesn't end with your current position. Consider these factors when evaluating a city's growth prospects:

Startup Ecosystem: Does the city have a vibrant startup scene with opportunities for growth within a young company? Look for cities with co-working spaces, incubator programs, and venture capital presence.

Education and Training: Does the city offer access to continuing education and training programs relevant to your field? This could be essential for staying ahead of the curve in the ever-evolving tech landscape. Cities with renowned universities or tech-focused bootcamps might be ideal.

Professional Development: Are there opportunities for conferences, workshops, and networking events aimed at senior software engineers? This allows you to stay up-to-date with the latest trends, hone your skills, and connect with other professionals.

Beyond the Code: Lifestyle Considerations

Remember, your career isn't everything. Consider factors like:

Cost of Living: A high-paying job loses its luster if it can't cover your living expenses. Research housing costs, transportation options, and overall affordability to determine your financial well-being.

Work-Life Balance: Is the city known for a healthy work-life balance? Crunch culture might be a deal-breaker for some. Research the average work hours and company culture to find a city that prioritizes both professional success and personal well-being.

Personal Interests: Do you crave bustling city life or yearn for a nature escape? Choose a city that offers activities and amenities you enjoy outside of work. A vibrant art scene, outdoor recreation opportunities, or a diverse culinary scene can significantly enhance your overall quality of life.

The Final Code: Writing Your Utopia Story

Choosing your ideal city as a senior software engineer requires careful consideration of industry trends, company presence, growth prospects, and personal lifestyle preferences. By following these steps and conducting in-depth research, you can craft your software engineer utopia story. Remember, the perfect city doesn't exist – it's the one that perfectly complements your unique career aspirations and personal desires. So, research, explore, and get ready to code your way to a future you love!

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ResMed Inc: Exploring Innovations and Patents

ResMed Inc is a global leader in the development and manufacturing of medical devices for the treatment of sleep-related breathing disorders, respiratory conditions, and other chronic diseases. In this article, we delve into ResMed Inc’s innovations and patents, highlighting the company's commitment to advancing healthcare through technology and research.

Introduction to ResMed Inc

Since its establishment in 1989, ResMed Inc has been at the forefront of innovation in sleep and respiratory medicine. Headquartered in San Diego, California, ResMed Inc is dedicated to improving the quality of life for patients worldwide through the development of cutting-edge medical devices and digital health solutions.

Innovations in Sleep and Respiratory Care

ResMed Inc has a rich history of innovation, with a focus on developing advanced therapies and technologies to address the diverse needs of patients with sleep-related breathing disorders and respiratory conditions.

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Therapy

ResMed Inc revolutionized the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with the introduction of CPAP therapy. CPAP devices deliver a continuous flow of air through a mask worn during sleep, preventing airway collapse and maintaining open airways, thus alleviating symptoms of OSA.

Bi-level Positive Airway Pressure (BiPAP) Therapy

Building on the success of CPAP therapy, ResMed Inc pioneered BiPAP therapy, which delivers two distinct levels of air pressure during the breathing cycle. BiPAP devices are particularly beneficial for patients who require higher pressure support or have difficulty exhaling against continuous pressure.

Adaptive Servo-Ventilation (ASV) Therapy

ResMed Inc's ASV therapy is designed for the treatment of central sleep apnea (CSA) and complex sleep apnea syndrome (CompSAS). ASV devices continuously monitor and adjust air pressure levels based on the patient's breathing patterns, ensuring optimal therapy delivery and patient comfort.

Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) Therapy

ResMed Inc's NIV therapy is used in the management of respiratory failure and chronic respiratory conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). NIV devices provide ventilatory support through a mask interface, helping patients breathe more comfortably and effectively.

Patents and Intellectual Property

ResMed Inc holds a significant portfolio of patents and intellectual property rights, reflecting the company's ongoing commitment to innovation and research in sleep and respiratory care.

Patented Technologies

Mask Design: ResMed Inc has developed innovative mask designs that optimize comfort, seal performance, and patient compliance. These patented technologies include cushion designs, headgear configurations, and mask fitting mechanisms.

Therapy Algorithms: ResMed Inc's therapy algorithms are protected by patents and include proprietary algorithms for pressure delivery, leak compensation, and respiratory event detection and response.

Digital Health Solutions: ResMed Inc's digital health solutions, including remote monitoring platforms and patient management software, incorporate patented technologies for data analysis, reporting, and connectivity.

Research and Development

ResMed Inc invests heavily in research and development to drive innovation and advance the field of sleep and respiratory medicine. The company's dedicated team of scientists, engineers, and healthcare professionals collaborate on projects aimed at developing novel therapies, improving existing products, and addressing unmet clinical needs.

Global Impact

ResMed Inc's innovations and patents have had a profound impact on the global healthcare landscape, improving patient outcomes, enhancing quality of life, and reducing healthcare costs. The company's products and technologies are used by millions of patients and healthcare providers worldwide, underscoring ResMed Inc's role as a leader in sleep and respiratory care.

Future Directions

Looking ahead, ResMed Inc remains committed to pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving advancements in sleep and respiratory medicine. The company's ongoing investment in research and development, coupled with its robust intellectual property portfolio, positions ResMed Inc for continued growth and success in the dynamic healthcare market.

In conclusion, ResMed Inc's innovations and patents underscore the company's leadership in sleep and respiratory care. With a focus on advancing technology, improving patient outcomes, and addressing unmet clinical needs, ResMed Inc continues to make significant contributions to the field of healthcare, shaping the future of sleep and respiratory medicine.

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