I work at an AI platform (none of these), and I couldn't agree more with this take.
Our platform focuses on anti-censorship, part of that includes hosting our own hardware in datacentres so that these big boys cannot censor our users, or extract their prompts/other metadata. Our team is tiny compared with these giants, as is our userbase. But we believe there is space outside of these monopolies for AI to thrive in more niche ways, but of course these companies have no interest in broadcasting this potential to the public.
IMHO AI is a powerful tool, but like any information-heavy tool, large companies are seeking to extract all our information to use it to their advantage, not for yours. It happened with your banks/spending. It happened with web searches. It's now happening with AI.
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