I think centralized ai is about control. To usurp thought and free will. Ultimately, i believe the architects want to overlap the digital world and physical world. If we look at technocracy, a more appropriate acronym may be autonomic intelligence. Social credit too low, camera at grocery store wont let you in. No human to complain to. Down the line it could be humans with chips in the brain can see and interact with digital lifeforms as if they were physical