Selling Intelligence: The Real Agenda Behind the AI Boom
The aggressive push for Generative AI is a calculated move to turn "intelligence" into a product, something people must constantly pay for and depend on. When Sam Altman openly talks about selling intelligence like electricity, it tells you everything you need to know.
Across Africa, this idea is being sold hard to governments, students, creatives, and workers as "the future," even in places still struggling with basic infrastructure.
At the same time, there’s a clear double standard. Tech elites like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg limit their own children's exposure to the very technologies being pushed on everyone else. The Spearhead's Kangmwa Gofwen explains that this contradiction should raise serious questions.