What Naval Ravikant thinks about open source
Co-founder of AngelList. Writes and podcasts at nav.al in short, aphoristic pieces on startups, wealth and judgement rather than long essays.
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3 dated positions, 2018 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Naval Ravikant has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsStrong liability enforcement could be helpful in the AI debate. If your agent swarm goes rogue, you’re liable. If your weakly protected model gets jailbroken, you’re liable. If you serve a weakly protected OSS model, you’re liable.
- 3 weeks earlier
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Their wordsFrontier Labs are incented to be fearful as it provides a moral justification for staying closed. Chinese Labs take the consistent position of doing what’s good for all and being open. So the little guys find themselves in the uncomfortable position of rooting for the Chinese…
- 8 years earlier
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Our reading · no longer heldTwitter's network effect is unbreakable
Recalls holdingI used to think that Twitter’s network effect was unbreakable but they are creating room for an open source, well executed, fully decentralized competitor.
SaidI used to think that Twitter’s network effect was unbreakable but they are creating room for an open source, well executed, fully decentralized competitor.