The AI race is one of those times. The amount of capital expenditure being poured into the AI race is extraordinary. Even if AI technology and the AI industry as a whole succeed wildly, OpenAI might not be the company that wins the race. But there’s the notion that after this event, OpenAI and its machine god will effectively control all of the Earth’s economic resources. Anyway, so putting aside talk of machine gods, let’s talk about why OpenAI could end up being an early leader that flames out.