https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/15/i-tried-out-an-apple-vision-pro-it-frightened-me

The new ‘mixed-reality’ headset gave me a glimpse of the future – and I’m not sure it’s a future we should want

If you ever worry that technology might be getting a little too intelligent and robots are poised to take over the world, I have a quick and easy way to deflate those fears: call up a company and try to ask them a simple question. You will be put through to an automated voice system and spend the next 10 minutes yelling NO, I DIDN’T SAY THAT! WHAT DO YOU MEAN ‘YOU DIDN’T QUITE CATCH THAT?’ I DON’T WANT ANY OF THOSE OPTIONS! PUT ME THROUGH TO A HUMAN, GODDAMMIT!