Comment by immmmmm

4 hours ago

Those who have token money will succeed.

It biases maths and theoretical physics towards the rich.

That one thing that was free.

I think the only thing that stops this from becoming true is what Chinese and European labs decide to do. If they can keep up and keep opening their weights, then we might see some kind of democratization. But right now it looks like the gap has increased, and those groups can't replicate research that isn't published, or distill models that are internal only, or for select (very wealthy) customers.