The combined corporate investment and interest in LLM‘s massively dwarfs what individuals are currently capable of doing. Yes, individuals can participate. Yes, sometimes it is better results. But to act like we have primary ownership of the situation, which is what you are heavily implying, is kind of ridiculous.  The playing field simply isn’t level and, if things don’t change, we will be the ones left holding the bag when it comes to social, cultural, and financial cost.
You keep narrowing the scope of the discussion.
The combined corporate investment and interest in LLM‘s massively dwarfs what individuals are currently capable of doing. Yes, individuals can participate. Yes, sometimes it is better results. But to act like we have primary ownership of the situation, which is what you are heavily implying, is kind of ridiculous.  The playing field simply isn’t level and, if things don’t change, we will be the ones left holding the bag when it comes to social, cultural, and financial cost.