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The day must soon arrive, therefore, when ''we ''can deploy [[AI]] against our overlords, ''to doom-scroll on our behalf''. That ought to be devastating. Think [[GameStop]], only with the [[Redditor]]s tooled up with the same tech as the [[Hedge fund|hedgies]]. Our respective machines joust furiously at each other we can escape through the side entrance and go back to what we were doing.<ref>This is rather like the plot of ''Alien vs. Predator'', come to think of it.</ref> | The day must soon arrive, therefore, when ''we ''can deploy [[AI]] against our overlords, ''to doom-scroll on our behalf''. That ought to be devastating. Think [[GameStop]], only with the [[Redditor]]s tooled up with the same tech as the [[Hedge fund|hedgies]]. Our respective machines joust furiously at each other we can escape through the side entrance and go back to what we were doing.<ref>This is rather like the plot of ''Alien vs. Predator'', come to think of it.</ref> | ||
Call this new implementation a virtual<ref>''Real'' electric monks, like electric sheep — you know, the ones androids dream of — would be take up space, drain energy and require servicing. Virtual electric monks would not.</ref> “electric monk”. It would be a ''labour-saving device'' - it would doomscroll the internet for us. | Call this new implementation a virtual<ref>''Real'' electric monks, like electric sheep — you know, the ones androids dream of — would be take up space, drain energy and require servicing. ''Virtual'' electric monks would not.</ref> “electric monk”. It would be a ''labour-saving device'' - it would doomscroll the internet for us. | ||
Would. Could. And, by the very same logic articulated above, already ''should''. | |||
''But does not.'' | |||
Why? | |||
===Alien vs. Predator=== | ===Alien vs. Predator=== | ||
''Alien vs. Predator'' doesn’t work as a premise because no-one cares if they knock seven bells out of each other — that reduces the threat each poses individually to us: if they are knocking seven bells out of each other, that means they aren’t knocking seven bells out of us. | ''Alien vs. Predator'' doesn’t work as a premise because no-one cares if they knock seven bells out of each other — that reduces the threat each poses individually to us: if they are knocking seven bells out of each other, that means they aren’t knocking seven bells out of us. | ||