Comment by airstrike
5 hours ago
right, but ChatGPT might not exist at some point, and if we don't force feed the open inference ecosystem and infrastructure back into the mouths of the AI devourer that is this hype cycle, we'll simply be accepting our inevitable, painful death
> right, but ChatGPT might not exist at some point
There are multiple frontier models to choose from.
They’re not all going to disappear.
the companies could merge or buy each other
right, and the less we rely on ChatGPT and Claude, the more we give power to "all other frontier models", which right now have very, very little market share
If they die there will be so much hardware released to do other tasks.
Perhaps not tasks you get the opportunity to do.
Your job might be assigned to some other legal entity renting some other compute.
If this goes as according to some of their plans, we might all be out of the picture one day.
If these systems are closed, you might not get the opportunity to hire them yourself to build something you have ownership in. You might be cut out.