Mark Zuckerberg has proclaimed that Open Source AI Is the Path Forward. He's not wrong. At the same time, he's absolutely not in it for primarily selfless reasons. When you're late to the tech trend, the best way to catch up in both R&D and mindshare is open source your stuff, so that's what Meta is doing. Even though Mark doesn't yet have an innate understanding and appreciation for The Commons, I'm cheering for Meta's big bet on open AI. Since what 'open source AI' actually entails is woefu...