Yeah, exactly. Lots of people use AI, if they can afford the subscriptions, but it’s only the tech oligarchs who can control AI, including controlling access to it.

Until you can run high quality models on affordable devices on your desk or in your hand the extent of the democratisation is much more limited than you might like.

Perhaps OSS will come to the rescue here.

(Aside: obviously free tiers are available but these are all hobbled in various ways: usage limits, data sharing/leakage, etc.)