Can't just unplug them?
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I wouldn't say the "entire US economy" is AI based.
Gov jobs still have them
Buy low when everything crashes and wait for it to recover in 3-5 yrs.
I could say anything is a crutch that removes the burden from our minds. Calculators remove the burden of doing basic math and map apps remove the burden of maintaining a mental map. Both of these can result in a person who can't independently do basic calculations or navigate and won't understand the methodology behind the calculations. Now if this is a problem is open to debate.
Now using AI to avoid learning is a problem since it results in fraud. "I claim I understand this but I don't."
People were ignorant in previous centuries because they didn't know better. Today they are willfully ignorant in spite of having the facts available.
It is also inherently weak. With a sphere it is all compression. With a cylinder you get compression and tension.
"Anticorruption of Public Morals Act"
Fucking 1920s
Polio is still out there on the fringes. Smallpox is in some labs around the world and the genome is available.
I'm amazed at how determined the nation is to return to the 1800s. Wonder if they'll bring back muskets and riding horses again.
Based on the comments a lot of idiots take the AI slop videos and ads seriously.
This is right up there with the Louvre security being connected to the internet and was hackable. Maybe some old fashioned alarms and guards would've been better.