alt Hacker NewsElectric motors empower you, and are available to almost anyone. Trillion-dollar AI firms sitting like a dragon's hoard of state-of-the art models and hardware disempower you.
That's the difference.
---
People who were disempowered by motors weren't exactly thrilled about them, either, but they were a minority underclass.
> Electric motors empower you, and are available to almost anyone.
AI is much more available to people than motors of any kind. Long-press your Android phone's power button: There's Gemini.