Open Source AI is in the Same Place Big Data Was 10 Years Ago - Data Points

Pop quiz: Who invented the Hoverboard? Of course the original concept was first documented in the "Back to the Future" movie trilogy, but as for the wheeled device that popped up all over malls and city streets in 2015, the answer is fairly complicated. In fact, despite being the No. 1 selling toy in that year's holiday season, it's difficult to name even a single company that manufactured the product. The toy was in fact invented in Shenzhen, China's engineering and manufacturing hub that accounts for nearly 1 million jobs and a disproportionate amount of China's GDP. They all work together to improve on the product, and then they all go back to their respective companies and all make the product.