[Cthulhu_]

Open source AI is not at the bottom of the ladder; like closed source AI, some of the brightest, well-educated and arguably well-paid people in the world are the driving force behind it. OpenAI, arguably at the top of the ladder, was supposed to be open source as well.

[throwaway918274]

It's not a perfect analogy, but it's still corporate interests trying to entrench their position to prevent disruption by less politically powerful players.