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Power in the Architecture

№ 2026.Aug.21-001

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Power in the Architecture

Liutao Hu

Jacobin says AI is a weapon of class war from above, and nationalization cannot save it. That claim unsettles every proposal that amounts to "just change the owner." But its conclusion — refusing AI — is equally suspect. Power lies not only in the owners' hands, but in the architecture itself. The question was never whether it is owned, but who designs it.

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