Other than 1) Microsoft and 2) anyone building a product with the OpenAI api 3) OpenAI employees…
…is OpenAI crashing a burning a big deal?
This seems rather over hyped… everyone has an opinion, everyone cares because OpenAI has a high profile.
…but really, alternatives to chatGPT exist now, and most people will be, really… not affected by this in any meaningful degree.
Isn’t breaking the strangle hold on AI what everyone wanted with open source models last week?
Feels a lot like Twitter; people said it would crash and burn, but really, it’s just a bit rubbish now, and a bunch of other competitors have turned up.
…and competitive pressure is good right?
I predict: what happens will look a lot like what happened with Twitter.
Ultimately, most people will not be affected.
The people who care will leave.
New competitors will turn up.
Life goes on…
Pine forests are known to grow by fires. Fires scatter the seeds around, the area which is unsustainable is reset, new forests are seeded, life goes on.
This is what we're seeing, too. A very dense forest has burned, seeds are scattered, new, smaller forests will start growing.
Things will slow down a bit, bit accelerate again in a more healthy manner. We'll see competition, and different approaches to training and sharing models.
Life will go on...