Transhumanism is not if or when.. but how fast til complete.

Interesting way of stating it. I have seen it put many ways but not quite that concisely.

So again, whoever controls the infrastructure of that, controls the acquired wealth.. of our thoughts and intentions.

This is certainly true. However, that is why delving down to each layer if vital. As you said, with telecommunications were controlled by the ones who controlled the lines run under the ground. Here we are starting to see another change. That old model is not working for them so well.

In my journeys, each layer is coming under attack. As we saw with the music industry, the change can happen very quickly. They were the gatekeepers of recorded music, controlling everything from production to distribution. Almost overnight things were changed completely. There are a number of things that could be following a similar path.

The major point is that anything that is centralized, lacks resiliency and is subject to being toppled, no matter how powerful in the moment. Right now the biggest fish in the world is the US Government (although a case could be made that the likes of Facebook and Google are quickly usurping that). There will come a time when that powerful entity implodes. It could be said that other governments will step in but there is a chance the nation-state model collapses the same way the monarchy concept did (for the most part).

Will we have a time when AI is in charge of everything? Most likely since we are already on that path anyway. I do agree a good case is made that this all if information anyway, the entire universe, thus is really AI to start with.