Between all of the AI hype and the AI panic, my biggest concern is that the laws will be so poorly written that simple algorithms like A* will end up illegal and AI in general will be outlawed. We’ll have a Butlerian Jihad because a bunch of daffy CEOs simply said their machines will replace humans when they can’t. Our children will be forced to drink sapho juice and eat spice so they can work in a server farm made of humans.

This as a life philosophy leads to violent road rage.

“Thanks comrade. But are you sure we’re supposed to use our tongues?”

An autistic teenage hacker banned from having a computer used a fire stick in a hotel room to hack Rockstar games. I think any given 14 year old war driver can hack these devices and listen to your conversations. If the government will work their butts off to install a tap on a landline, how can they not use an Alexa.

At the very least, there’s a teenager in your neighborhood listening to every damn thing you say. If you have cameras in your home, they’re watching you.

Linux will never become popular till it’s as easy to use as something like VLC. Download, install, and it runs everything. Until this happens, Linux will never take over no matter how unbearably shitty Windows becomes.