It's not just the fact that it's not open and accessible; it's the fact that it is owned and controlled by a tiny number of companies with the necessary resources.
It's like a world where Windows and a non-unix based Mac are the only OSs. There is no possibility for something comparable to Linux (FreeBSD etc. etc.) could emerge as viable alternatives free of large corporate control.
So it's not just sad, it's a major problem. Not right now because it's more of a novel toy than anything, but as more systems are built on these LLMs we will be increasingly at the mercy of the companies that control the LLMs.
It's like a world where Windows and a non-unix based Mac are the only OSs. There is no possibility for something comparable to Linux (FreeBSD etc. etc.) could emerge as viable alternatives free of large corporate control.
So it's not just sad, it's a major problem. Not right now because it's more of a novel toy than anything, but as more systems are built on these LLMs we will be increasingly at the mercy of the companies that control the LLMs.