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In fact, corporations have been using machine learning to expand their power for over a decade. The problem is not ai, but the lack of anti-trust enforcement.

The corporation are lobbying for "Make AI safe" monopolies. Also even the current chatbot style tech would be insanely good for a surveillance. Imagine AIs monitoring all the conversation for signs of dissent or tracking the population sentiments.

It seems historically, unscrupulous corporations and governments entrench their power by holding back technology from wider adoption or further development. As long as technology can be used by a significant portion of the populace, they all seem to lead to a more egalitarian society. I would hope AI is no different.

> unscrupulous

Exploitation for profit, expansion, and longevity is how capitalism works and as long as it is the system currently used, none of these actions are a surprise.

Change capitalism and we’ll change AI’s impact on humanity and the working class.