I'm old enough to remember when the sci-fi notion of a disembodied computer voice waking you up in the morning, knowing enough about you to strike up a conversation, and accompanying you through your daily routine sounded wonderful.

Now it gives me chills. That old wonderful dream is actually possible now if I turned off all my malware blockers and let :lord-bezos-amused: fully into my home.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      Like so many other concepts, outside of capitalism, it could have been a good thing. Now it's the prospect of superpowers for the already powerful.

        • InvaderZinn [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          You jest, but I unironically fear that when I die, my consciousness will be placed in a robot body that's entirely immobile so I will only focus on doing single repeated task for all eternity because productivity for the sake of productivity is the sole moral value.

    • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Yeah, I sure am scared of my own mortality, but the only people who can afford immortal robot bodies will be the Bezos and Gates types anyway so