I think this goes far beyond money. The end goal of AI in my opinion is ultimately to supplant the need for a working class. To get there, the investors have no qualms about further devastating our natural world and quality of life. Perhaps I am a pessimist, but I cannot see our current trajectory leading somewhere which ends in the mass enlightenment many AI advocates profess.

Whomever is in control of an AI model ultimately dictates what it can say and what content it can produce. What really frightens me is the implementation of AI in weaponry. Computers are meant to be efficient problem solvers. The thought that at the press of a button, an explosive payload could be homing in your position simply because you disagree with the position of those with access to said weaponry. Once more, allocating the responsibility of murder to an unthinking algorithm helps to sanitize the complicity of those who make the kill order.

I feel as though this aspect of the web is being stripped away. As platforms of public discourse are vacuumed up by private groups or individuals, their agendas or personal grievances begin to dictate what is and isn't permissible. For example, the change that has occurred on twitter after Elon's acquisition.