Maybe it's time for lots of little indie AIs to take over

Anil Dash argues for a shift away from Big AI dominance toward smaller, community-built AI tools that serve specific niches without the ethical baggage of large corporate AI platforms. Drawing on parallels with social media adoption, he notes that many people use AI tools despite objecting to them, driven by coercion or lack of alternatives. He advocates for a narrative shift: instead of just opposing Big AI, people should actively seek out and support small, accountable, human-scale AI tools already quietly serving communities — framing this as a genuine alternative to both AI guilt and corporate inevitability.