Fascists and conservatives externalize decision making (because deep down they know they themselves make shitty decisions), and AI appears to them as the perfect external decision maker. That it can also create a positive reinforcement loop of their worldview is an added benefit.
As with most technologies there’s a humane and an inhumane way to use it. We are experiencing the inhumane version of it. The humane version would automate away the jobs no human should do, and we could actually get to a post-jobs post-scarcity world with UDI (Universal Decent Income). That would mean fewer people to not overload the planet, and no billionaires.
Generative AI has its place in automation workflows too, as a glue that connects deterministic tools.
AI is not the enemy. Oligarch owned AI is the enemy. (Because oligarchs are the enemy.)
beholden to Russian interests
Nationalize AI infrastructure then. If it is a security risk for whole nations it should not be in the hands of private companies. Along with search, internet infrastructure, social media. Make the state own them, but decentralize control over them to many organizations.
So, GrapheneOS should have a function that replaces the content of the phone with a vanilla set of apps and a clean account, instead of wiping it, on receiving the distress code.