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One key difference between web and AI — the two most recent tech revolutions — would be the impact of money. That is, the web was built with the idea that information wants to be free and everyone should have as much access to content as possible. By contrast, AI has access inequality built in. Compute and expertise cost money and people, esp. businesses, would get dramatically different outcomes from AI using free and paid services. Similar to social networking, the "free" aspect is a one-way street now: the public provides their data for free and hopes to get something valuable in return.