> to share the load with every brain on the planet willing to give a try at science

This is what a lot of scientists love to tell themself or talk about in celebratory speeches.

The truth is: a lot of science is kept behind journal paywalls, so that only "officially approved" (in the sense of: working at a university or an governmental research institute) scientists can easily access it.

People are working on using LLMs to regenerate experimental data from the text of journal papers.

You know how I read new papers back in 1994? By going to the library, finding one in bi-annual publication list and requesting it through the University system. And it better be necessary because the uni had to pay both the catalogue and each reprint of an article. The access is most certainly easier today.