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The process known as capital intensification accelerates this trend. The owners of AI and automation gear—corporate giants and billionaires—amass more wealth and influence, skewing the system further in their favor. Instead of a democratized future of abundance, there's a looming possibility of a dystopia reminiscent of Orwell's 1984 or Huxley's Brave New World—a society distracted, pacified, and controlled by elites who manipulate attention economies and digital narratives. This scenario entails humanity becoming passive spectators, disconnected from control over their societal destiny, while a select few benefit disproportionately.