You make a good point. I read it as “people who aren’t in thrall to the machine can take back control”. The vast majority of people have little say in this show.

As @Quazatron says, those that are in thrall don’t look particularly human.

To quote:

The real bubble is not stock valuations but the inflated ego of an industry that thinks it is just one more datacentre away from computational divinity.

Sometimes I just want to use a particular tool, and care less what I’m making with it.

I rarely get this pleasure at work.