Richarrrrdmy pet conspiracy theory is that the boom of LLMs is just a direct consequence to crypto hysteria of the mid 2010s that screeched to a halt during late covid when tech companies were just sitting on racks upon racks of now-useless graphics cards and desperately sought for a way to use them in any way possible. it's just another one of these obnoxious stemsphere fads as the global tech market slowly realizes they haven't actually produced anything truly profitable or new since at least the mid-to-late 00s social media boom so they jump to whatever "new tech" that looks like it might boost their stocks
U shouldn't debase what you wrote by calling it a conspiracy theory, that is 100% the reality of the situation