And now for something a little off the normal beaten path of politics….
Let’s go Sci-Fi for a moment.
I used to love watching Star Trek, especially The Next Generation.
Back when TV shows were entertaining and inspiring.
Of course now they’re mostly woke and they’re not really worth watching, but back on Star Trek: The Next Generation, the future seemed incredible!
You could go on the Holodeck and invent any environment you wanted….
Meals were created in seconds from the Food Replicator….
Instead of taking a car, you could just “beam” anywhere you wanted and transport….
And everyone wore these “pins” that functioned as a communications device and universal translator:
And when the Universal Translator broke, it led to one of the most beloved ST:TNG episodes in the series: Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra:
Well, as usually happens, life is imitating fiction and we now essentially have the same thing Jean Luc-Picard had.
It’s called the “Humane AI Pin” and you can watch a short intro video here:
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