It has been easy to back the open source narrative recently with so much exciting progress, but the cyclical swings in energy we have seen seem inevitable. Inspired by the great scientists (including LeBron) pictured in video, @baselabs is a very direct effort to pursue a long-term research agenda that aims to support the WHOLE ecosystem (that we see being a mix between closed and open source models) for the long run. It is backed by @baseten ripping (which has a little more $$ than academia), but has a clear mandate to publish without exception and encourage skepticism. Our manifesto mentions 'Science done behind closed doors is worse science. It cuts off the one mechanism that has ever made knowledge reliable: correction from the outside'. Here's to democratising intelligence!