[nobody9999]

>OpenAI is close to becoming a necessity

I disagree. What gives you the idea that any software is a necessity? We've (modern humans) been around for 200,000+ years and software (and LLMs for less than a tenth of the time that software has been around) has existed for ~0.04% of that time.

Oxygen (in its molecular, 02 form) is a necessity. Water is a necessity. Nutrition of some sort is a necessity.

Pretty much everything else is a nice-to-have (with some things like money and shelter being important, but as we see from the poverty and homelessness around the world, definitely not a necessity).

I'd posit that LLMs are helpful and sometimes even useful. But necessary? I think not.

I'd note that I'm not dismissing LLMs, nor am I trying to dump on you. But the idea that any software is necessary is ridiculous on its face.

cf. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/necessary