约翰·卡马克表示难以理解开源支持者与反AI活动人士的交集，他认为自己开源的百万行代码是给世界的礼物，旨在加强社区，并提到GPL许可证的作用。

约翰·卡马克谈开源与AI的立场

知名程序员约翰·卡马克在社交平台X上发表了关于开源软件与人工智能训练之间关系的看法。他表示虽然开源倡导者与反AI活动人士存在部分交集，但他难以认同这种立场。

卡马克强调，自己超过百万行的开源代码始终是"献给世界的礼物"。他承认曾用"增强社区力量"和"GPL协议防止竞争对手直接剥削"等理由说服合作伙伴，但这些说辞只是为了消除他们的顾虑，使其允许自己进行开源捐赠。

对于AI训练使用开源代码的现象，卡马克持积极态度："AI对代码的训练放大了这份礼物的价值，我对此充满热情！"他认为，虽然有人将开源视为社会变革工具、职业发展手段或声誉建设途径，但这些都只是开源捐赠带来的衍生价值。

该言论引发讨论，用户Rich Whitehouse回应称这一观点"令人震惊"，认为其低估了GPL协议的社会文化重要性。

（原文发表于2026年3月13日，保留核心观点并删减了平台推广信息、趋势话题等无关内容）

以下是评论内容的总结：

1. 关于AI对开源软件的影响

• 支持AI使用开源代码：有人认为AI可以增强开源的影响力，让代码更易被使用和修改。

  • "Open sourcing code is a form of power, power to influence, inspire, and propagate one's worldview" (fritzo)
  • "AI reproduces code while removing credit and copyleft from it and this is the problem" (Isognoviastoma)

• 反对AI滥用开源代码：担心AI公司通过开源代码盈利，而原作者未获得回报，且可能绕过GPL协议。

  • "Training an AI on GPL code and then having it generate equivalent code that is released under a closed source license seems like a good way to destroy the copy-left FOSS ecosystem" (CrossVR)
  • "The original authors most of the time didn't write the software to profit. But that doesn't mean they don't care if other people profit from their work" (OSaMaBiNLoGiN)

2. 开源动机与价值观分歧

• 开源是礼物：部分人认为开源是无私的奉献，不应限制使用方式。

  • "Open sourcing code is a form of power, power to influence, inspire, and propagate one's worldview" (fritzo)
  • "He can easily afford to be altruistic in this regard" (moogly)

• 开源是合作：更多人认为开源是社区协作，强调 reciprocity（互惠）和 copyleft（著佐权）。

  • "It is far healthier to see it as a collaboration... It encourages people to not keep software to themselves" (imiric)
  • "Most of FOSS is not a free gift, but asks for some form of repay" (Isognoviastoma)

3. 经济与权力不平等

• 经济地位影响观点：经济宽裕者更倾向于支持AI使用开源，而普通开发者担心生计。
  • "everyone with a paid house and a fat 401K is pretty chill with AI... meanwhile, in the trenches, rent and bills are approaching 2/3 of paycheck" (GeoAtreides)
  • "It seems like Carmack, like a lot of tech people, have forgotten to ask the question: who stands to benefit if we devalue the US services economy broadly?" (SirensOfTitan)

4. 许可证与道德争议

• 许可证选择：MIT/GPL等协议的不同意图被讨论，AI是否应遵守 copyleft 成为焦点。
  • "code generated by AI... ought to be systematically on an open-source copyleft license" (karteum)
  • "The point of the Free Software licenses is that you can go profit off the software, you just have certain obligations back" (arjie)

5. 对John Carmack的批评

• 立场冲突：作为AI公司负责人，其观点被质疑存在利益偏向。
  • "Carmack heads an AI company now. His opinion should be viewed with that context" (slantedview)
  • "he's not exactly an authority on open source... this is often a few years after the games are commercially relevant" (imiric)

总结来看，争议核心是AI对开源生态的权力与经济影响，以及不同群体对开源价值观的理解差异。支持者强调开放与创新，反对者则关注公平性和劳动者权益。