While it’s nice that politicians are enthusiastic about new technologies, I think ChatGPT is one example where they shouldn’t force mass adoption. ChatGPT is a proprietary model owned by a private corporation, and it’s made very clear that interaction data with ChatGPT will be collected and used by OpenAI for its business. It’s horrible for data security and it helps to strengthen OpenAI’s monopoly. Honestly, governments recommending privately owned software and technologies should be considered advertising.
governments recommending privately owned software and technologies should be considered advertising.
Is this not also true if the software is open-source? It’s still advertising, but it’s somehow ok because a corporation doesn’t benefit? It’s not that I don’t agree with you - regulatory capture and vendor lock-in are much less of a concern for free and/or open-source software, but that doesn’t mean it’s not still advertising.
While it’s nice that politicians are enthusiastic about new technologies, I think ChatGPT is one example where they shouldn’t force mass adoption. ChatGPT is a proprietary model owned by a private corporation, and it’s made very clear that interaction data with ChatGPT will be collected and used by OpenAI for its business. It’s horrible for data security and it helps to strengthen OpenAI’s monopoly. Honestly, governments recommending privately owned software and technologies should be considered advertising.
Is this not also true if the software is open-source? It’s still advertising, but it’s somehow ok because a corporation doesn’t benefit? It’s not that I don’t agree with you - regulatory capture and vendor lock-in are much less of a concern for free and/or open-source software, but that doesn’t mean it’s not still advertising.