... scarcity, in which - by whichever proof scheme - those who participate early in the system benefit off those who come later (aka pyramid schemes). The proof algorithm guarantees scarcity; it's the whole point of blockchain vs. any other distributed system that there is a chokehold on resource creation somewhere.
AI is doing much the same thing, but it doesn't advertise this artificial scarcity as part of the solution. Instead, it simply guarantees that those who already own the most...
... compute resources have the edge. And that is not you or me.
In short, AI is a system which a) aims to replace human labour, while b) shifting the means of production into the hands of the few.
This would be "fine" if nobody used it. What matters for this to succeed is that everyone depends on it. At that point, "means of production" becomes the digital equivalent of a "natural resource".
Marx matters, folk.
You can still argue that this makes AI a weapon of capitalism or tyranny, but...
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