Navigating Open Source Talent, AI & Policy Challenges with Amanda Brock

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Amanda Brock's path began with picking potatoes at 8 years old. Now, she's the CEO of OpenUK, advocating for open source across the UK. In this insightful interview, Brock shares her journey into open source law and policy. She dives into OpenUK's latest research on the state of open technology in Britain, talent challenges, and the economic impact of open source contributions. Brock also unpacks key discussions from State of OpenCon 2024 on open data, generative AI, and balanced regulation.
Episode timestamps

(05:06): State of open source in the UK

(07:22): Importance of open source community

(15:19): Balancing openness and regulation in AI

(21:19): Pace of technological development and regulation

(28:21): Reliability and discernment with AI outputs

(35:24): Universal advice

Quotes

Amanda Brock

“I think the governments that are going to win, the governments that are going to have the best regulation that promotes most innovation are going to be the ones which are able to make their regulatory environment flow in the same way as the technology evolution and innovation flows."

Charna Parkey

"I think the expectation needs to change. Part of what has happened with, you know, literal text search or keyword search and just Google and things like that, is that the average person expects what comes back to be relatively factual. That it's been referenced and, you know, backlinked, etc. That's a deterministic system. These are not. These are based upon statistical likelihoods of what word should come next."

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