Raw LLM Responses

Thank you. I'm continually amazed at the generational gap between what younger people (under 30, let's say) seem to accept without even thinking about it, while people my age (55) are fairly scared stupid by some the implications of all this data mining & surveillance. Even by making this comment, I'm probably telling somebody something I either don't want them to know (& use against me for some purpose), or don't even realize about myself. I'm reminded of a short story I have, called "War Game", by Philip K. Dick. First published in 1959, in the sci-fi magazine *_Galaxy Science Fiction_* (Dec '59), I have it in a collection called "*_The 13 Crimes of Science Fiction_*" - edited by several people, including Isaac Asimov. Prof. Asimov wrote an introduction to the book, as well. The story, "*_War Game_*" itself is very interesting. It's available to download off the web (for free). I encourage people - especially younger folk - to read it. Don't expect me to give to the 'TLDR' version! That's a meme that is tailor-made to discourage reading things for yourself!!! Go to the source - not just of one short story, but of anything anyone else tries to tell you (including me!) If you only get your information from other people, you also get ***_their opinions about that information_* - built right in. Not to mention the idea that you're just picking whom to believe - & then believing whatever they say! Sloppy. Reprehensible. Sad. I'm also reminded of a story by Asimov himself, in which a particular gentleman actually thought he was doing serious archaeology, even though all he was really doing was reading what other (real) archaeologists had already done, & choosing which one he believed! Now, it's fine to read things (in books, online, wherever), and make up your own mind. That's perfectly normal. But it doesn't exactly qualify as scientific research! And we must read (or hear, or see, etc.) many different opinions - not just ones we already agree with (or think we do!) I'm actually surprised that Prof. Zuboff mentioned the idea of government(s) annexing all of this data (and the machinery behind it, of course). That's an even greater fear for me, personally, than just that of companies 'plotting' how to extract money / time / energy / etc. from me. Imagine a world in the not-so-distant future, where some paranoid factions of our government decide that its [their] sovereignty is threatened by some sub-group within America; enough so, that they make a decision to simply (and very, very quietly) tap into all of this data that companies now deal in. What is there to stop this? Well, nothing. Not one thing. After all, by the logic of today's "market" [a loaded word, that], why shouldn't the government have just as much right to the data of its citizens as these companies do? Now, I say that the word "market" is loaded because we don't just live in a market economy. We live in a market world. Everything is for sale. Everything can be turned into profit - however you define profit. How do we truly know this hasn't already happened? We don't. And that's most frightening of all. How would you like to live in a world where your government knew everything you did / said / bought / watched / fought about / etc.? You may be in it now. Further respondent sayeth not. tavi.