>The best way to get around this is have open source foundational models. To do this you need available compute (people donating compute over the internet) and free training (free resources and groups to learn together). I'm sure tailoring corporate models will play a role, but if we want true decentralization we should approach it from all angles

It's not debatable as SaaS is going to be commodified and models are going to be the new hot thing.

This is a major paradigm shift from SaaS to MaaS (models as a service).

What's terrifying and exciting is that at some point in the future, there will barely be any proprietary software. Most software will be easily replicable with SIGNFICANTLY less engineers given the productivity boost of AI.

Imagine remaking a $100B Stripe with just $100m and 1/100 the human capital.

The MaaS providers are kind of like the people selling the shovels in a gold rush (and the silicon fabs are enabling the shovel sellers).

The software companies that will remain "proprietary" are going to be those that can implement AI more effectively than others, and those who have network effects like social media apps for instance.