Now, he rides a second powerful act, joined by a wave of enthusiasts of open source from AI. This time, the issues are higher and we have to give him the support he has never had.
In 2024, the face of the embrace of the AI chief developed a Open Source platform for IA robotswhich already has more than 3,500 robot data sets and attracts thousands of participants from all continents to reach giant hackathons. Raspberry Pi went to the London Stock Exchange For $ 700 million. After an interruption, Maker Faire returned; The most recent had nearly 30,000 participants, with kinetic sculptures, fiery octopuses and DIY robot groups, and this year, there will be more than 100 creating in the world. Last week, Diy.org Relaut its application. In March, my friend Roya Mahboob, founder of the Afghan girl robotics team, published a movie About the team to incredible criticism. People like the idea that manufacturing is the ultimate form of empowerment and human expression. During all this time, a central set of people continued to influence millions of people through creative organizations like Fablabs and Adafruit.
Studies show that practical creativity reduces anxiety, fights loneliness and stimulates cognitive function. The act of making funds to us, connects us to others and reminds us that we are able to shape the world with our own hands.
I do not propose to reject AI equipment but to reject the idea that innovation must be the owner, elite and closed. I propose to finance and build the open alternative. This means putting our investment, our time and purchases to a robot built in community laboratories, AI models formed at the opening, tools made transparent and piratable. This world is not only more inclusive – it is more innovative. It is also more fun.
It is not nostalgia. It is a question of fighting for the kind of future that we want: a future of openness and joy, no compliance and consumption. The one where technology invites participation, not passivity. Where children grow up not only knowing how to slide, but how to build. Where creativity is a shared company, not the legendary province of solitary geniuses in glass towers.
In his IO announcement video, Altman said: “We are literally on the verge of a new generation of technologies that can make us better.” It reminded me of the film Mountain mountainWhere four technological magnates say they save the world while the world is burning. I don’t think the iPhone made us our best me. In fact, you have never seen me run faster than when I try to grab an iPhone from the hands of my three -year -old child.
So yes, I look at what Sam Altman and Jony Ive reveal. But I am much more excited by what is happening in the basements, in classrooms, on establishments. Because the real iPhone moment is not a new product that we are expecting. This is the moment when you realize that you can build it yourself. And the best of all? You cannot condemn the welding iron a welding iron.
Ayah Bdeir is a leader in the Maker movement, Open Source AI champion and founder of Littlebits, the material platform that teaches Steam to Kids thanks to a practical invention. A graduate of MIT Media Lab, she was selected as one of the 100 most influential women in the BBC, and her inventions were acquired by the Museum of Modern Art.