I think you'd find the people who don't trust AI companies also harbor similar feelings about companies in many different industries, or non profits, or even government agencies, depending on who specifically you ask. It seems to me that there is a much bigger trust issue well beyond the scope of AI based companies, so trying to have that specific field fight this distrust against them that really comes from all fronts, seems like an impossible task well out of the scope of these businesses. I'm not sure what the answer to this issue is, or if it even is a real issue, or what we might be marching toward should this pervasive cynicism spread to all things and all people. Perhaps we are simply cursed to live in interesting times.
The first step to regaining trust is to stop abusing trust. Our industry overall is incredibly abusive to trust, and I've seen no sign that is going to change anytime soon.
To me it seems like there needs to be a complete shift in the kind of people that are in government for things to change. Might be a good idea to start running for an office you think you could do better in. I know nobody has time, inclination, or money for that, but man this is a crisis.
It doesnt have to come from government. We can definitely hold ourselves to better standards, but I also think that there need to be stronger checks and balances too. I think they feed into each other, hold better standards and having a strong sense of justice.
