Exactly this. Despite the promise of open source and computing "empowering" users, see the last 20 years for a refutation. Most people live in a silo - Apple,

Exactly this. Despite the promise of open source and computing "empowering" users, see the last 20 years for a refutation. Most people live in a silo - Apple, Microsoft, Google, some combination. AI is not an equalizer of user power, but an amplifier of those who already have it. AI coupled with the big data that made AI possible plus the holders of big data knowing who you are, where you are, who you associate with, what you say, and potentially even what you think... yet some people still believe it is somehow a democratizing force.