[throwawaysea]

I guess I view it as democratizing rather than terrifying, particularly when there is broader acceptance of research and papers in non-STEM areas from outside the western sphere. For instance, psychology, history, linguistics, social fields (sociology, gender studies, etc) are all heavily tainted by a Western worldview/ideology bias due to the immense dominance of Western universities and academic spheres. Having a competing ecosystem is going to improve the diversity of thought we see.

[goodpoint]

> I view it as democratizing

Quite the opposite. Requiring most people in the world to learn a second and a third language to access science, technology and international job markets creates a higher barrier and increases inequality.

[girvo]

Though is that not already the case wrt. English?

[WanderPanda]

The idea is that everyone learns english as their second language so there is no need for a third language.