#3 – Thomas Wolf: Open-Source AI Scaling Laws

Thomas Wolf is the co-founder and Chief Science Officer of Hugging Face, the company at the center of the open-source AI ecosystem. He has a Ph.D. in statistical & quantum physics. In this episode, we explore why open-source (“OS”) AI may be preferable to closed-source, whether OS has a real chance to take over the space, the challenges OS developers must overcome to scale their foundational models, the role of data and infrastructure in scaling dynamics, how big tech companies are positioning themselves in the ecosystem and responding to other companies' strategies in a true complexity science fashion, and overall, the power laws that undermine the growth of the ecosystem. I hope you enjoy the conversation. I hope you enjoy the conversation. Find me on X at @⁠ProfSchrepel⁠. Also, be sure to subscribe to the Scaling Theory podcast; it helps its growth. ***