"Indeed, the number of people who can *really* develop frontier AI systems; whether to commercialise or 'contain' them - is infinitesimally small." -- I am not so sure about that. Yes, the success and attention that OpenAI got is unprecedented, no doubt. But the development of frontier AI systems is a global phenomenon. It is not happening in a vacuum, and it is not being driven by any single group of people. There are many different stakeholders involved in the development of AI.
"Indeed, the number of people who can *really* develop frontier AI systems; whether to commercialise or 'contain' them - is infinitesimally small." -- I am not so sure about that. Yes, the success and attention that OpenAI got is unprecedented, no doubt. But the development of frontier AI systems is a global phenomenon. It is not happening in a vacuum, and it is not being driven by any single group of people. There are many different stakeholders involved in the development of AI.