#ScienceFiction as a genre has mostly been about looking at contemporary society through the lens of a fictional future society where current trends are exaggerated to their logical ends, usually to criticise them Torment Nexus-style. Cyberpunk, Handmaiden's Tale, Star Wars...
I think it's quite funny that #SciFi got predictions and warnings about "AI" completely wrong.
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