the ai systems people talk about are run by big capitalist institutions and are all closed source, which is a big issue. we don't know what they're doing.

i'd rather see a good round of nationalization, but the inmates are running the asylum in late capitalism. that's unlikely.

more likely is the market choosing an open source alternative so we can get rid of any malicious code by crowd sourcing.

i don't have any particular use for what's being called ai in my life and don't expect i'll pick it up or start using it. it's 2026, and i don't have a cell phone. i use a voip office phone because i prefer normal phones to cell phones. i had to buy an mp3 player with android to have access to some specific apps and hardware functions, like scanning, without exposing myself to the liability of a sim card.

i'm the weirdest person in the world - i have a computer science degree and no interest in technology. they told me to do it to get a job and i thought it would be a good idea to educate myself, even if i didn't follow that life path. but then when i didn't want the job, i didn't keep up with the technology. modern technology is mostly overpriced crap with little use value, and it decreases in quality as it increases in price with each successive generation. i have found myself using my education to try to repurpose inexpensive old technology that nobody wants rather than waste money adopting the newest trends.

i'll have to find a use for ai before i start using it and i doubt that will ever really happen.

but i'd encourage people to choose open source alternatives. 

the thing you should be afraid of is proprietary software programmed to hurt you, not your computer turning into an evil decepticon and coming to eat you. your biggest fear should be unregulated capitalism, not advances in algorithmic science.