> They're not wrong about their experiences. But they're also not talking about the technology. They're talking about the corporate users of that technology.

> They're not wrong about their experiences. But they're also not talking about the technology. They're talking about the corporate users of that technology. i think that's the point they're trying to make: the users and purveyors of the technology are inextricable from the technology itself; and given who the purveyors are, we can safely/rightly assume that their profit motives (at best) or cultural motives (more sinister) will be at the forefront of their push to expand the uses of these technologies. i don't think it's a particulary well-fleshed out point (as another commenter said, what do we actually do with this besides burn down datacenters?) but it's still worth making clear that we are allowed to be as cynical about this technology as the purveyors are about their target users.