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Re:The 'internet of things' is sending us back to the Middle... by jeffdavis on Monday September 18, 2017 @12:10AM (#15273347)
+1. The AI apocalypse looks more like a Kafka-esque bureaucracy and not so much like I, Robot with machines shooting at us.
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Re:The 'internet of things' is sending us back to the Middle... by rwnspace on Monday September 18, 2017 @01:14PM (#15277663)
This is one of the issues with sci-fi movies for the less metaphorically minded. Or, well, anyone. I find books make the ideas much more portable, which is half the fun of sci-fi in the first place. Things in real life are never exactly what they're like in the pictures.
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Re:The 'internet of things' is sending us back to the Middle... by andygates on Monday September 18, 2017 @08:30AM (#15275249)
Is it truly Kafka-esque when it provides us with adorable kitten gifs? At worst Brave New World-esque, at best actually good. Kitty!
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