The third way is to build AI technology that empowers the individual against state and corporate power alike. Democracy got us here. It cannot get us out.
What does this even mean though? Seems like hand waving that "AI" is just going to fix everything.
Identification of unusual circumstances or anomalous public records seem ripe.
But more straight forward and customized advice on how to proceed on any front—super wikihow—makes anyone more powerful.
Today, complicated solutions can sometimes to require extensive deep research and distillation of material.
So much so that DIY folks can seem like wizards to those who only know of turn key solutions and answers.
At the risk of causing a draft from further hand waving: a bigger tent can mean a higher likelihood of a special person or group of folks emerging.
Ha, I'm OK with that as long as I get to pick the individual!
I mean, an AGI under the control of some individual could indeed make them more powerful than a corporation or even a state but whether increases average individual freedom is another question.