Hinton should consider moving to China, a dream country of these kind of socialists. There is no private media and everyone lives in Party's harmony.

He’s right, we need to decentralize everything

Let the rich decide what information counts, that's much better! 

Nothing socialist about it, just common sense, but people are so lost...

I doubt he means PCs and smartphones here. He’s likely referring to the massive compute necessary to compete in the AI business, which small players can’t hope to afford. As for the media, public broadcasting needs way more funding and the Murdoch family is a cautionary tale.