"They're probably right that without making a profit, it's impossible to afford the salaries 100s of experts in the field and an army of hardware to train new m

"They're probably right that without making a profit, it's impossible to afford the salaries 100s of experts in the field and an army of hardware to train new models." Except there's a proof point that it's not impossible: philanthropists like Elon Musk - who would have likely kept pumping money into it, and where arguably the U.S. and other governments would have funded efforts - energy and/or CPU time - as a military defense strategy to help compete with China's CCP funding AI.