Really? What would happen if OpenAI dissapeared tomorrow and ChatGPT closed down? In practice, nothing. Ask yourself the same question about the truly important organizations in the world.
Hype might die down and some of the hundreds to thousands (yeah…) of doomed (because, even optimistically, most are plainly never gonna be worth the resources going into them) AI boondoggles at various startups and bigcos might get cancelled sooner than they’re otherwise gonna be.
Which might be bad for my personal short-term employment prospects, so here’s hoping that doesn’t happen. We can ride this BS to the next speculation bubble if we believe in ourselves. And don’t look down.