Was some of the recent anti-AI push beneficial to big corporations?

Large corporations are going to use AI regardless of what the public thinks. They have the money, lawyers, infrastructure, and data to do it. AI isn’t going away for them. But who gets hurt most when ordinary people are told not to use AI? The small business owner who can’t afford an artist to create a logo. The startup founder who can’t hire a copywriter to proofread every email. The family business that can’t pay an accountant for every tax question. The entrepreneur who can’t afford a programmer to build a website or a consultant to review a business plan. For the first time in history, a person with a good idea and a laptop can access tools that were previously reserved for companies with large budgets. I’m not saying AI is perfect. It makes mistakes, and there are legitimate concerns about its environmental impacts. But I do wonder: if AI dramatically lowers the cost of expertise, who stands to lose the most from that? The average person—or the organizations that have always had exclusive access to that expertise? Is the anti-AI push really just a push from big corporations to cut out those who stand the most to gain: small business owners?