A side note to the general point of the article, but I hate how the tech industry uses the word "democratization" to mean "lowering the barrier to entry". These concepts differ from each other but many use the former term because in doing so they justify their actions as driven by some sort of moral imperative when in reality, the development of LLMs is morally neutral, not inherently bad by any stretch, but as much a wealth and power play as any other technology of the last 25 years.