Cui Bono Intellegentia Artificialis?

There’s a throwaway line from “Elementary,” the Sherlock Holmes homage from 2012. While questioning a witness, Holmes, as portrayed by the edgy, energetic and enquiring Jonny Lee Miller, asks a suspect, “Another line of inquiry is ‘Qui bono?’ Who benefits? AKA ’follow the money.’” I’m struck by how uncannily apropos the line is to our current socioeconomic wrestling match with the behemoth of…