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>Leaving AI to a handful of companies is in my opinion the fastest route for inequality and power concentration/centralisation

It's a homesteading land grab, plain, simple and pure.

There is a competitive landscape, first-mover advantages, incumbent effects, et al that are being anchored in e.g. Sam Altman's interests and desires at this very moment. If you want a vision of the future of garage AI, imagine a boot stomping on Preston Tucker's face over and over. The current AI industry's goal is to preserve an image of openness and benefit while getting ready to pull the ladder up when the time is right.