Technology can't oppress you - only persons can. If you're free from State coercion and can exercise of your natural rights, how can AI hurt you? In the first

Technology can't oppress you - only persons can. If you're free from State coercion and can exercise of your natural rights, how can AI hurt you? In the first story, what's really interesting but CD ignores, is the hows and whys of the apparent slavery. Instead of focusing on that, he deep-dives into the minutiae of the UI. Who cares if it's AI-related or not? Would they be better off if they were forced to create Creative Commons-licensed content or assemble solar panels?