AI Takeover?

I’m scared of a robot takeover. Im just gonna say it. I don’t care if this makes me sound like an AARP member, it’s the truth. Sometimes, when falling asleep, I feel as if I can see an ai monster lurking in the closet.

Maybe this is bad to say online since robots can read, but I need to speak my truth. I hope it doesn’t make me one of the first targets. Robots, if you’re reading this, I love you ❤️ and I support you ❤️. Inspector Gadget’s only weakness was that he was part human. Bender is my favorite Futurama character ❤️. I loved the terminator!

Wait - what would happen if all robots banded together and became one, kind of like the Cordyceps in the Last of Us? What would happen to people with robotic limbs, electronic arms, and legs?

Maybe it would be like that time-old joke “stop slapping yourself,” which you say while forcing someone to slap yourself. (Cultural reference explanations for my Canadian readers. I’m not sure what’s different up here). Except, unlike in the joke, it wouldn’t be “funny.” It would be real. Too real. With Google search history, they would even know everything about us. With this blog, AI might even be able to learn how to become me.

It could take identity theft to a whole other level. I’m not sure how many of you watched You, but in S1 (I think), Joe Goldberg’s classic move is to take his victim’s phones and post on their socials, “I’m moving,” or maybe “I’m going off the grid.” Post-death by robot, they (since they are robots, duh) could presumably hack into my phone and just continue blogging. No one would even know what happened.

Sure, my friends and family, and even the people who live on my floor, would probably know something was up, but hey - maybe, in this case, they’ve been slain by a robot too.

This is why, as a stand for humanity, I will never download Chat GPT. Maybe I am unsafe on the internet, but you will not catch me spending my time knowingly teaching AI how to eventually take me down.

So, despite your best efforts, Spotify, I will NOT try your AI DJ.

I didn’t lie. I do actually like some robots. However, they’re all make-believe. The real demons lurk in reality, as they say. I love Inspector Gadget. I wish I were Inspector Gadget. I know my life probably wouldn’t be that much better, governmental experimentation and such, but you can’t blame a girl for dreaming.

He just has so many helpful limbs and body parts, seemingly one for every situation.

I wonder what would happen if your tongue was a sponge texture and super absorbent. And you could squeeze it out. Would it get moldy? I don’t think so.

How would your life change if your arms were a foot and a half longer?

These are questions that Inspector Gadget might be able to answer, if given the chance. If you say this is not what Inspector Gadget’s gadgets are like, I would have to tell you that maybe you don’t know as much as you think. Which one of us just looked up famous robots? It’s probably not you.

-Violet