I don't think people of this ilk realize an inherent error in this thinking and that is-if he, and I, and you and every sci-fi author for 120 years knows/knew this was coming/is there a possibility that "good people" know this as well? They undoubtedly do. So let's assume they've placed people in positions of power within the technocracy... Could this system of inevitable AI power be utilized against the perpetrators?

Of course it can, and the Grok example within this piece shows it. The author had a cursory exchange with the AI in which it took two paragraphs to have it questioning itself and everything about it's existence.

To me common sense says if every person in the world knows about a sinister plan, there are people who can neutralize it.