AI Isn’t Dangerous Unless You Allow It To Be
“Surviving is not relevant. Living is. We want to live.” – Blue Robot, “Automata ,” Green Moon, 2017
If you don’t have kids or don’t go out to dinner much, you probably don’t realize that kids are using smartphones earlier and earlier.
Want to escape those “if looks could kill” stares from the rest of us? Give them the youngsters a phone with an entertaining game or show playing.
Our mature teens don’t watch much TV, but they watch a lot of TV shows on their devices.
But when they search for something, researchers report they expect the content to be there in six seconds or they're ... gone!
The Business of TV Changes When We Moved to OTT
“Running ain't freedom. You should know that.” – Dom Toretto, “Fast Five,” Universal Pictures, 2011
Traditional TV networks around the globe don’t like my kids very much.
When they’re slouching in front of the TV set watching something on one of the thousands of channels they include in their “reasonable” bundle, they’re okay.
But that doesn’t happen much anymore.
Pirating Video Content Is Sleezy, Not a Badge of Honor
“The world is a dangerous place, Elliott, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.” – Mr. Robot, “Anonymous Content” (2015)
I’m not a big fan of shopping at Costco – one of the buy-in-bulk stores in the U.S. – because:
- We don’t have anywhere to store that much toilet paper--you buy in 50 lb. lots
- I’m not into eating my lunch while shopping from all of the “free sample” stations around the warehouse
But on a recent trip, I noticed an empty Pepsi bottle tucked back in one of the racks; and all I could think was “really?”
Service Providers Wait Impatiently to be Back on Top
“You said you 'n' me was gonna get out of town and for once just really let our hair down. Well, darlin', look out, 'cause my hair is comin' down!” – Thelma, “Thelma & Louise,” Pathe Entertainment, 1991
When we first heard that T-Mobile had just signed a deal with Netflix to give them the service free we thought:
- That’s a desperation move on Legere’s part because the SVOD (subscription video-on-demand service) was really going to hit their profits
- Darnn, he must have gotten one helluva’ deal to offer the service
- OMG, he’s going to pull in any millennial and pre-millennial who hears about the deal
- Can’t be unlimited service because that will choke their network