In the age of techno-fascism, the people willingly pay to install the listening devices into their own homes.

While your distinctions are correct in the academic way of referring to things, you are not considering the marketing way of referring to things. Behold, the AI powered rice cooker, powered by a magnet and heat, like every other rice cooker ever (because it works really well)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_HOrMmWoMA

Marketing has decided that anything that does anything is “AI” now. Which is why people are insanely disenchanted with it.

You’re gonna need it kiddo.

TIL: Mercury is salty about its environment.

I found the unresolved plot insanely unsatisfying.

It was an interesting game for sure, good game play, art was excellent, story was kinda… all over the place. I really wanted to have some of the mysteries explained and wrapped up because that was the most compelling part and when they weren’t I was quite unhappy.