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72 - Nineteen Eighty-Four (with Andy Matthews and Peader Thomas)

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What Is the Meaning of Wi-Fi?

Real life instances of totalitarianism, mass surveillance and violations of freedom of expression are pointed to as being similar to what George Orwell seemed to predict with the novel. I recently bought a new washer dryer that has advanced AI technology that apparently thinks about the things that go inside it and then adjusts its behavior accordingly. It's terrifying and unnecessary. What do you say? Say that it is Orwellian.

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