[esafak]

More like a race to the top: you're forgetting all the applications that will be built on top of these open source models.

[eachro]

I'm not so sure. Does anyone pay for pytorch, numpy, tensorflow? In the matter of weeks we've seen llama.cpp, alpaca.cpp released to the public. Barrier to entry in this market is quickly going to zero.

[jerojero]

Has Pytorch and numpy's quality gone down though?

These projects are funded by several organisations that rely on them for their operations. This is the same for Linux, just because the software is accesible for free doesn't mean it's not funded.

I really want to see governments putting more funding on open source as well, public money, public code. As they say.

[esafak]

Those are libraries, not applications. Think of copilots, midjourney, etc.

[pixl97]

No one pays for Windows, SQL server, and Office. That's why Microsoft is poor.