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The Cash and the Calling

This paper analyzes a model of software development in which closed-source applications make use of open-source artificial intelligence parts. We begin by observing that AI has a huge potential but that problems limit the development of applications. We consider why there will continue to be closed-source AI applications and note that pure open-source development is limited by the number of people interested in starting open-source projects. We consider the possibility of closed-source applications based on open-source parts, both in a two-tier and a three-tier architecture. We look at the pool of talent available for open-source projects. We conclude that the use of open-source AI parts may significantly increase the development of AI applications and that this may be good for the state of the art of AI. --Brian Marshall, 1999

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