> A plethora of posts, articles and comments lament how the back breaking work which all of the new models were built upon is devalues all of that work by making it available to the masses with a simple chat prompt...

I don't think this is right. People publish stuff online because they want to share it with others! If it becomes easier for others to get it, I think that's a good thing, not a bad thing.

I'd rather my writing live on and in some tiny proportion influence the next stage of intelligent lifeform, than remain confined inside my own head to die when I do.