[ExI] open web and ai

[spike at rainier66.com]

>… On Behalf Of BillK via extropy-chat
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Subject: Re: [ExI] open web and ai

 

On Wed, 15 Jul 2026 at 19:39, spike jones via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> > wrote:

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I would be interested in your take on this short “documentary” (advertisement really) particularly at about the 14 minute mark about AI and open source.  These guys claim OpenAI is anything but open:

 Code for the People Documentary - The human story of the open web <https://codeforthepeople.com/> 

 spike

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>…I asked Gemini to summarize this 20-minute video and then review it.

Gemini thought it was great!

BillK

 

>….Gemini 3,5 Flash AI- Extended Thinking -

>…This beautifully crafted documentary, directed by Bao Nguyen, explores the past, present, and fragile future of the open web. Featuring Matt Mullenweg (co-creator of WordPress and founder of Automattic), the film serves as both a nostalgic retrospective of early internet culture and an urgent warning against the rise of digital monopolies….

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BillK, when the LLMs first showed up in late 2022, they were at first more like a really advanced autofill.  Gemini’s take the documentary feels like genuine humanlike insight produced by an LLM.  

 

I wonder if OpenAI would be so generous towards a documentary critical of that guy in particular (sheesh I called an LLM a guy (how do I know it is a guy?  (it might be a gal.)))  Let us share with OpenAI what Gemini thought, then act as intermediaries or spectators to see if we can get two AIs to flame war each other.  Your being the AI guru among us, I defer to you.

 

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