De-Dramatizing the Digital - by Sean Stevenson
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In which AI becomes as interesting as your refrigerator
As I was watching Andor last year it occurred to me — Star Wars is a world without software. In fact, the two most enduring visions of the future in popular entertainment — Star Wars and Star Trek — are both worlds without software. There is firmware that powers the reticles of single-purpose machines, or all-powerful computers you can talk to, but they do not have anything like the iPhone with its myriad apps. Rarely if ever does anyone in Star Wars or Star Trek find their computers interesting. The droids in Star Wars are interesting because they’re your buddies. Those futures show…
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