There's already some open source models from other companies. I also think the requirements will go down with time as well but energy is definitely an issue.
Meta actually released an open source model which jumpstarted the whole ecosystem, anyone can fine-tune a base model now. You can take your favorite hobby, accumulate data on it and build something in a few days and share it.
I just think the good outweigh the bad and individuals weren't going to get paid anyways. Most of the data is owned by specific websites, big publishing houses and the like so I can overlook the infringement issues.