You are right that AI can be a fully democratized commodity. The problem is that the current wealth inequality is not the result of AI. Musk became a trillion seeking oligarch not because of AI. It is because the entire financial system is designed to extract wealth from everyone and concentrate at the top. Democratic AI is not in their interest. There will be violence, but not because AI is supposedly a catalyst of inequality. It will be violence from the rich towards the poor, because democratic AI is not acceptable for them.

With the AI progress, there will be no need in a search for personalities - algorithms will make you one. And this can be applied to any company producing entertainment (e.g. social networks), not just gambling.

> No

"No" is not exactly the right answer, the authors are explicit about this in the paper:

"We the authors attest that at the time of the initial arXiv and IACR ePrint publication of this article, none of us hold any short positions against any cryptocurrency assets. Some of us hold long positions in cryptocurrencies, including some that involve the use of post-quantum cryptography. The authors reserve the right to initiate any positions in these assets in the future."

And why do they think that the US government would care about securing cryptocurrencies? Aren't they designed to circumvent the government regulation?

You can use it on Raspberry Pi, for example, with any supported camera. The software is very good, it can automatically create star trails and timelapses.

It seems this is how Russia moves in general. Hopefully, this will end at some point.