I doubt it’s killing open source. The “too big to fail” software will be maintained no matter what, but the contribution model will change. It is not great, but we can live with it - majority of users of OSS never touch the code, so nothing is going to change for them. For a few enthusiasts the barrier will be higher, but we need some trust building incorporated in the process anyway.

The small libraries will be eliminated as a viable solution for production use, but that’s a good thing. They are supply chain risk, which is significantly amplified in the LLM age.

It may happen and it will be great if it happens, when open training datasets will replace those libraries to recalibrate LLM output and shift it from legacy to more modern approaches, as well as teaching how to achieve certain things.