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points by jacquesm 4 days ago | 0 comments

Indeed.

Another one that comes to mind constantly is 'The Peripheral'.

I'm pretty sure Gibson has a wormhole with a lens attached stashed away somewhere.

Bah, remember Neuromancer - an AI hiring humans to work around its restrictions?

That too is not far off now.

Already here. There's rentahuman.ai and several competitors.

I suspect "The Jackpot is almost here" wouldn't be as cheery though :-)

No, it wouldn't be. Is it though, on odd days I see it just around the corner, on even days I think we may still have a while.

though just as timely

didn't the poorer 2/3rds of humanity die in that one?

Bottom 95%, I believe.

I loved the series. Too bad it was cancelled.