A point to add which I believe is pertinent, OpenAI didn't release GPT-2 to the public 7 years ago, citing risks related to malicious use. This point specifically targets your conjecture "the attitude among top large companies - those in power - is that AI models with a certain level of capability will need to have strict usage controls," OpenAI decided they'd reached this level of capability 7 years ago, reasonably quickly determined that their concerns were misplaced, and proceeded to release the model in full.
Since the advent of ChatGPT, and more speci... (read more)
A point to add which I believe is pertinent, OpenAI didn't release GPT-2 to the public 7 years ago, citing risks related to malicious use. This point specifically targets your conjecture "the attitude among top large companies - those in power - is that AI models with a certain level of capability will need to have strict usage controls," OpenAI decided they'd reached this level of capability 7 years ago, reasonably quickly determined that their concerns were misplaced, and proceeded to release the model in full.
Since the advent of ChatGPT, and more speci... (read more)