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Will OremusBlockedUnblockFollowFollowingMay 7Photo: Justin Sullivan/GettyAs major tech events go, Google I/O lacks the glamour of an iPhone launch, the tension and drama of a Facebook keynote, or the cringe-inducing, over-the-top spectacle of a Samsung unveiling. The company’s announcements tend to be wonky, incremental, and heavily focused on artificial intelligence, especially its confusing inner workings.

Yet I find Google’s annual developer conference the most consistently intriguing of the four, because the company isn’t just releasing nifty gadgets: It’s pushing the boundaries of what can be automated, down to the most quotidian tasks in our everyday lives. In the process, it’s giving us glimpses of a future that often looks more like sci-fi than we’re really prepared to grapple with — even as it tries to reassure us with privacy and security measures that often feel like attempts to paper over the can of worms it just opened.