The future is now! And its so, so, stupid.
Same shit, different tech
AI systems the EU decides come with “an unacceptable level of risk to people’s safety” would be banned outright.
The words “dual use” come to mind… 
I always cringe at the “hacks” people use to take advantage of fast food/Starbucks, but it was mostly because they’d be annoying and extra work for the humans who work there. If the hacks are just taking advantage of AIs and robots, that’s less problematic.
Really, they’re all this asshole:
I was going to put this in the Fucking NY Times even though it’s the fucking Irish Times. In part because the biggest problem isn’t even that the article was AI generated, it’s that it’s clickbait trôllling in the first place.
Mirage might have been better, not implying a consciousness, but I guess it’s too late now.
… an excellent test case for the experimental A.I. lawyers that must be waiting in the wings 
I feel like this must have been posted already
Back at base, sparks in the software
Flash the message “Something’s out there”
