It makes it impossible to access for bootstrapping, at least for people who have budget constraints. Which is just reality, it's a scarce resource and I appreciate what they have made available so far inexpensively.
But hopefully it does give a little more motivation to all of the other great work going on with open models to keep trying to catch up.
But hopefully it does give a little more motivation to all of the other great work going on with open models to keep trying to catch up.