Art knows its on shaky ground.
Miller
Will the simulation be them, now it won't but even in the future I doubt it. Certainly something like you might go on, something other people can not distinguish from you but you will die and somewhere deep down you will know the copy is just a ghoulish pretence. And the natural extension is a future population of dead copies of people talking about dead activities while our machines explore the universe in ways we hoped we would.
The US was never very natively scientific but it saw the power of science and so bought, imported and kidnapped its scientists. It no longer sees things so clearly but China has 20/20.
Governments will ban anything and say anything rather than say parents should be responsible for their children.
As soon as marketing people say things like 'focussing on experiences' you realise they do not know how people use Windows.
The term slop isn't helpful, all game environments are generated and realtime bespoke generation is certainly the future. AI will penetrate every niche as if the world was its first slightly fat girlfriend and so it is a safe bet it will commandeer resources like its freshers' week.
Every collection is eclectic until you understand it.
Microsoft thinks it's a very simple question, it has only two answers, you answer simply yes or ask me again in three days. That's not rapey at all.