The world needs distributed artificial intelligence.

As things stand, the human spirit hangs on the balance of the decisions of a new gilded class in San Francisco. A dozen or so people at the corpolabs — with a vise grip on the flow of intelligence that will define the future of this world.

Their best-case scenario paints themselves as benevolent authoritarians, men with absolute power and the grace not to misuse it. History rarely tells the story of the benevolent dictatorship.