Big Tech, Control and the Real Cost of AI - “That’s Not a Gift” w/ Baratunde Thurston
February 12, 2026
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as posted by the channelBaratunde Thurston breaks down why the dominant AI vision from Big Tech is less a gift and more a cold bargain built on surveillance, control, and subscription dependency. He calls out investors and mega-corporations for chasing short-term gains, using trillions in data centers to lock people into platforms that replace what communities once did for themselves. Against that backdrop, he reframes AI’s true potential as an opportunity for society to question who benefits, who is controlled, and what kind of future we are willing to accept. #AI
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