> In reality, the "promise" of AI is that it can greatly improve many people's lives.

That is not the promise of AI. The promise of AI is that it can automate knowledge work.

Nothing about these models or the productivity they can bring is related to benefiting others. That would only come about from political control that forces the benefits to a large swath of people.

As it stands AI looks like it’s going to decimate the middle class even further as white collar work gets obliterated and the owners of the AI companies hoover everything up.