The concerns people have about AI primarily revolve around the accessibility of models, which translates to monopolistic control over them. While it should be a cause for celebration that machines capable of solving previously non-algorithmizable intellectually labor-intensive and/or routine tasks are emerging, people tend to project this onto the dominant model of societal organization and their own role within it. Given that a significant portion of the population in developed countries is engaged in routinized non-algorithmizable idleness, it’s hardly surprising that this majority would suddenly feel the instability of their status and dependence on those who pay them for it. Well, perhaps this is an inevitable awakening.

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