The AI doom hysteria is a big enabler for this kind of control, imagine if google admitted that a major goal of google search was to influence people's thinkin

The AI doom hysteria is a big enabler for this kind of control, imagine if google admitted that a major goal of google search was to influence people's thinking according to their objectives? And on top of that was lobbying to make it unlawful for other parties to create similarly powerful search, even just for their own private use?