Any time I see the phrase "democratize access," my spidey-sense starts tingling. It's almost never used to describe an action that's an unadulterated good for society. It's USUALLY used to describe something sketchy at best, or even outright evil, with the justification that only "the bad guys" have access currently, and everything would be better if EVERYONE had access.
Look, I get that unethical corporations using this pirated training data for their artist-usurpation machines is bad, right? But EVERYONE being able to dismiss the rights and wishes of current artists while they work to create artist-usurpation machines of their own? That's not any better! You don't need to "democratize access" to that!
Look, I get that unethical corporations using this pirated training data for their artist-usurpation machines is bad, right? But EVERYONE being able to dismiss the rights and wishes of current artists while they work to create artist-usurpation machines of their own? That's not any better! You don't need to "democratize access" to that!