I think humans have an innate desire to fill voids with something, when the reality is that a void is sometimes the most optimal situation.

Governments are so massive right now that most people can't conceptualize having a void that simply isn't filled. The reality is that average people want mostly the same things and would likely optimize everything over time much more effectively for humans than any government or AI could.

I'd rather see micro AIs used privately in various industries to optimize within those industries. That would be a free market approach vs some god AIs that allegedly optimize many things at the hands of a few people.