Dr. Andy Farnell: Can we regain control (of technology)?
"Technology as spiralling mass hysteria has the unsettling potential to draw even rational sceptics like myself into disaffection," The Cyber Show's Andy writes. "One must not merely reject duff technology, but also those other people who have been hypnotised and now see anyone reluctant to join them as a threat. Nothing angers the pathological neophyte more than a rejection of his "solutions". So "AI" is splitting society. The typical non-thinker sees only two options, those who are "racing to embrace the future", and sour Luddites living in woodland shacks who will be "left behind".