Tuhin: AI Is Dangerously Concentrating Power in the Hands of a Few
joonasvirtanen · x · 2026-10-17
A candid thread arguing that AI is dangerously converging power in the hands of a few while swapping labor for capital/compute—a recipe for disaster without rethinking income and purpose. He also criticizes people giving up independent thinking, calls the current ethical climate an all-time low, deems AI-welfare talk premature before human welfare, and notes the new Siri still sucks.
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