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.
The more I learn about tech, the more I want to return to pre-smart tech life.
I know damn well I want my next phone to be a Pinephone and to switch to Linux ASAP.
The idea of the police state having immediate access to millions and millions of privately owned surveillance cameras and Ring doorbell cameras, and being able to use AI and machine learning to parse all that date in to something they can use to oppress people, is so horrifying that I mostly just don't think about it. Imagine an iPhone stomping on a human face forever.