I understand that Google is an extraordinarily bloated monopoly.

What I mean is that I am so bitter about OpenAI and Anthropic's social media manipulation and the effects of AI psychosis on the people around me that I would gladly accept a worse future and a less free society just to watch them suffer.

Also, Sam Altman (at least) gives the impression of being a bit of a manipulative psychopath. Even if there are others out there like him, who are just more competent at hiding their tendencies, I really don't want him to win the "world's richest man" jackpot; it'd be a bad lesson to others. Steve Jobs hero-worship is bad enough.

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