Articles like this where we lament being trapped in an ecosystem duopoly are contemporary with articles saying that software engineering is over and LLMs can just vibe code anything you imagine. What's keeping the duopoly in charge?. Code signing?
You think a local model will get to that point? Some AGI revolution like your describing is impossible for humanity as a whole even if LLMs get that smart. The same companies control the supercomputers and your access to them.