I would say probably more likely to be a personal AI assistant, that handles all PC/cell phone interactions for you. Like Star Trek: “Computer, do my taxes!”
Of course that relies heavily on AI becoming more reliable then it is now.
No one wants an AI summery of their e-mails if it’s full of hallucinations, or their tax returns to get them into prison.
Most blatantly with his rambling about ‘Americans have to flush 3 times, 5 times’. I thought what the hell is wrong with the water pressure where he lives?
Then I read that he likely flushed evidence down the toilet. Of course. HE has a problem with destroying evidence in his toilet, so ‘Americans’ have problems with their toilet. I’m not even sure if he has the ability to differentiate between his problems and anybody elses.
The problem here is - in my opinion - caused by:
The right always chasing “deregulation”? Well, here is the result. High profits, high prices, shitty products and services.
And the people suffer.
I have a similar story, but I have to give a bit of background first:
I was on a LARP once, that played in a post apocalyptic world where the Russians had taken over the area. We were playing as a resistance cell, secretly undermining their rule. Propaganda leaflets, secret meetings, sabotage, assassinations, covert actions, attacks, … Fun times.
Anyway, to enter the LARP you had to go through a Russian checkpoint. That was the first thing any character had to do. The ‘guards’ harassed you a bit, you had to go through insane bureaucracy, standing in line… It kind of set the tone for the whole event. Well, there was my friend, playing in the same resistance cell as me, going through the checkpoint.
The guard asks for his papers. My friend grabs something from his pocket and gives it to the guard. It wasn’t his identification paper, it was a resistance propaganda leaflet we made for the event. He had taken it from the wrong pocket. He was executed soon after.
It wasn’t that bad, of course. He changed clothes and returned as an other member of the resistance, but that was probably the quickest ‘start to death’ in any LARP.