No long lasting fear. But at the age of 10 I read the second Harry Potter book, and I was so afraid during the second half of the book I read through it in a single session, in bed at night.

At the time it was the longest and most intense reading session ever.

I thought billionaires are like über businessmen. How comes he cannot handle some competition?

Survivorship bias. We only see the “good old programs” because the bad ones didn’t make it until now.

Yes but this tool (AI) is completely unprecedented. No other attempt reached that far, that quickly, and that not-second-guessed, into the daily lives of that many people.

And I think the greedy shitstains understand the damage they cause very well. Hooking up millions, making them completely dependable in your product, isn’t an overseen problem, it’s the goal.