Raw LLM Responses

I've been saying and preaching this in this sub for a while now. I believe it's only a matter of time before this becomes more widespread. Sam Altman once said that if any other company reached AGI first before them, they would merge with that company and contribute to their research. Sometimes, I think Altman has a more open-minded vision, but for some reason, he decided to monetize his company to fund its developments, using the narrative that competition is necessary to make it work, with profit being a secondary concern. However, how can this narrative hold when we already have open-source models that are lighter, more efficient, and freely available? This completely undermines the argument that unity in this space is impossible. If OpenAI genuinely wants to stay ahead, they'll likely continue developing even better models, like O3 and beyond. But the competition between these companies goes far beyond AGI or simple corporate rivalry. It's about international sovereignty and influence. China versus the United States. It's reminiscent of the Cold War dynamics between the Soviet Union and the West.