OpenAI has been at or near the top of every major benchmark for years and has the talent, compute, and Microsoft money to stay there. Two years is forever in AI.
Yeah OpenAI's stacked, but open-source momentum could flip the leaderboard way sooner than anyone expects.
Yes. Another angle: progress lasts when access is broad and virtue guides power; competition and open science, not a single patron, spur durable gains for the common good.
Yes. Yet lasting advantage comes from competition and the division of labor; open standards and modular tools invite rivals to improve and pass the leader.
