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>>davidb+(OP)
- Corporate-owned proprietary AIs? Check.

- Monitoring of power consumption for illegal computer usage? Check.

- Superintelligent AIs under tight supervision? Check.

- Bootlegged neural nets passed around on torrenting networks? Check.

- Poverty and homelessness running rampant? Check.

Folks, we're officially living in a cyberpunk dystopia.

>>genera+H4
This is a bit flippant and a bit humorous, but I think the underlying point is true. If anything like AGI is coming, the powers that be will absolutely try to maintain complete control of it, and all the worst outcomes involve forbidding individuals from using AI for their own benefit.