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"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.

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Agreed it’s bigger than Open AI, and will become bigger. But relative to the impact - the numbers are still very small. For example, how many people really know how to build an LLM? Maybe a few thousand ?

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True. LLMs hold immense potential, many companies are yet to effectively harness their capabilities. But LLMs represent a significant piece of the AI landscape, but they are not the sole solution. I am more on the skeptic side. The lack of data maturity, data quality concerns, trust issues, and emerging regulations are likely to hinder the rapid growth of this technology.

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