Stop treating open-source AI as free software. What is the cost of doing so? Coordination costs are consuming the entire ecosystem.

Many people think that the failure of open-source AI is because the models are not strong enough. That's wrong.

The real dead end of open-source lies in coordination collapse. The models already exist. Intelligent agents are already running. Various tools are also in place. Where is the problem? The problem is that an effective coordination mechanism cannot be formed within the ecosystem. When participants act independently, information asymmetry is severe, and resources are wasted, no matter how advanced the technology is, it cannot save the system. This is not a technical issue; it is an organizational issue.