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.
me in the past: Someday I will have a smart house that does everything automatically or by voice commands!
me now: the only pieces of technology I will own are my PC and a gun (in case the PC acts funny).
I've known many compsci/software engineering students back in my college days. The small percentage that I find bearable enough to still talk to are like that.
The rest are like this: :soypoint-1: :my-hero: :soypoint-2:
I still need to dig the cellular transceiver out of the console of my car so the NSA can't track me.