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A few years ago, someone on Facebook was worried the machines were about to wake up and take over. Skynet, Terminator, the whole thing. Something about it rubbed me wrong, and it took me a while to put my finger on why. After thirty years of actually building technology, I've learned to be suspicious of a fear that everyone repeats but no one examines. So I examined it. The result is a book: <em>The Tool Has No Hunger: Why AI Won't Take Over, and What We Should Actually Fear</em>, now available <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H4CRKY1N" target="_blank">on Amazon</a>.
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