Well, this is interesting: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-48276660
Something had to happen of course: we’ve been discussing this for years on this blog …
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Obviously, we weren’t going to walk straight in to a 1984 scenario: there’s always pre-ripples to any of these social upheavals.
But whether this turns out to be a liberal victory or a camouflaged route to alternate forms of surveillance remains to be seen. Watch this space …
OK, this blog has made some pretty wild predictions over the years; from loss of privacy & security, through societal decay from social media & 24/7 connectivity, mass unemployment by AI & automation, to industrial environmental catastrophe and a technocapitalist Armageddon. Now there’s clear evidence of the first of these forecasts coming true, any chance of taking any of the others seriously? Maybe before it’s too late might be a good idea?
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