4. The AI panic is at full force and the government thinks we need to regulate a glorified chatbot because to the average person and a surprising number of cred

4. The AI panic is at full force and the government thinks we need to regulate a glorified chatbot because to the average person and a surprising number of credulous techies said chatbot is somehow actual AI. At this rate there will be no AI because it will be smothered in the cradle by governments and large corporations who will stop any possible free thinking individual who might produce the next breakthrough, lest they use this "dangerous" technology to usurp the former's power or the latter's profits.