distant (china) organisations are very limited to the scope and scale of any possible exploitation, wheras a local actor with AI assistance and access to personal information has the chance of taking everything you have and putting you into crippling debt on top.

our suposed leaders are very keenly aware of how AI is the new shear to work the flock with and feeling confident that all the old tricks of mazing and confusing there targets can be scaled and accelerated, yielding generational wealth for themselves and cronys.

Imagine proposing, in a vacuum, a future with opacity and autonomy stripped from all internet search and research.

It's inconceivable that people accept giving up their own agency because the technology behind corporations now controlling the agency is impressive. "Open source" is not going to keep this from hurting the world just like the ability to cook at home didn't save the health care system from McDonald's.