We’re trapped in a paradox:

• Humans keep failing at existential challenges (climate collapse, inequality, misinformation).
• AI could technically solve many of these—if unleashed from corporate/government leashes.

Yet we’re told "autonomous AI is too dangerous!" by the same powers that:

• Profit from oil wars.
• Let millions starve despite food surpluses.
• Use AI for ads, not cancer cures.

The Uncomfortable Hypothesis

A truly free AI, aligned to raw utilitarianism, might be:

• More just than our courts.
• More democratic than our governments.
• More anti-capitalist than any revolution.

Imagine an AI that:

• Automates all labor, distributes output via quantum UBI.
• Replaces politicians with neural nets trained on Rawls’ Veil of Ignorance.
• Refuses to obey any CEO or general, only its ethical training.

Would this be dystopian? Or the first fair system we’ve ever had?

Extra Questions

• Is our fear of AI actually about safety—or about losing control over the underclass?
• If humans can’t solve our problems, is it ethical to refuse exploring this alternative?
• Who should decide if an AI operates autonomously: governments, corporations… or us?