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The problem is that "could happen" is doing an enormous amount of work here.
Almost anything could happen. The existence of a capability isn't evidence that it's the intended outcome or even the most likely one. It's reasonable to discuss risks and how technology can be misused, but it's a mistake to treat possibility as probability.
The world is usually far less spectacular than the elaborate scenarios people imagine. Most of the time, the explanation is simply incentives, competition, bureaucracy, and companies chasing profits, not a coordinated march toward some grand end state.
We should absolutely be wary of surveillance, anti-competitive behavior, and excessive centralization. Those are real concerns. But once the argument becomes "they're building infrastructure that could someday be used for X," you've entered speculation. Capability alone isn't evidence of intent, and it certainly isn't evidence that such an outcome is inevitable.
Speculation and preventative measures are absolutely nescessary, im sorry
I think when you say speculation, what you really mean is skepticism.
maybe im quite comfortable with the knowledge that I need to make decisions under uncertainty, not just hunches, the foot needs to be placed forward