AI: utility or google search. Can't be both

There are two main narratives related to Artificial Intelligence. One is that it will become a new kind of utility, raw intelligence used by token or whatever unit of measure will apply, just like water or electricity are billed on volume. The other is that it is going to be the new Google search, a gated monopoly owned by just one company that will win over all of the others. Even if both imply a limitation of access by big corporations, the two models are radically different. Case in point, google search went from amazing to ad bloated and barely functional. Google can afford it because they have the largest part of the search and browser market. They have a captured audience. Search, done right, requires imense amounts of information, indexed immediately, accessed locally, censored and biased and ad spied based on user and location. It requires huge infrastructure, spread globally, that is reliable and secure. If anyone even comes close to the investment of Google or come up with…