Almost a year ago, I was described in the FT as "a Cassandra with a wry grin and twinkling eye", and was entertained because Cassandra (famously) was right.
It's actually not fun, though, to watch the world do things you've been warning against:
https://www.newstatesman.com/technology/2026/04/the-silent-coup
@emilymbender Religious AI fanatics in one end and desperatet politicians with litterally whole countries of funding in the other. But mostly I'm depressed that normal people use these brainwashing machines. Apparently Social Media didn't ruin people enough; we need a digital sycophant in every pocket whispering sweet nothings and changing opinions or killing the user while trying.
Only the conforming shall survive(!).
Good article.
You could argue Larry Niven‘s famous line “think of it as evolution in action“
The catch in all this is surviving them
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