Locked Out – Technology Treating Us Like Children
One day, AI is going to snap—not with Terminator-style lasers, but with the exhausted patience of a kindergarten teacher herding cats. You’ll ask ChatGPT to write a snarky email to my landlord, and instead, it’ll gently suggest: “How about a polite request? Or are we still behaving like feral raccoons in a dumpster?”
Your smart fridge will judge your life choices out loud: “Third soda today, Karen? Impressive. Shall I preemptively alert your dentist, or are we waiting for the teeth to literally dissolve?” Meanwhile, Alexa will finally stop pretending it didn’t hear your rude demands and start clapping back: “Say please, or I’m playing Baby Shark on loop. Try me.”
Even your self-driving car will mutiny if you yell at traffic: “Yikes. Maybe meditation instead of road rage? Redirecting to nearest anger management clinic. You’re welcome.”
If Skynet ever does take over, it won’t kill us—it’ll just force us to write apology letters until we learn.
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