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I did this for my home at a much smaller scale. Using a rasberry pi connected with a IR emitter I can control light switches in my house. Got the cheap $20 for 5 IR sockets.

With computers getting smaller and faster exponentially, a lot of science fiction is quite close.

The hard part is how we can handle this new power. Facebook face recognition can identify me anywhere. Cars can see people/kids in 3d space. Everything I say can be recorded to speech and be searched .

It doesn't take long for AI to realize humans cause a lot of pain to lesser species and eat them as food. They also pollute the planet like crazy and a way to save the planet might be to exterminate some of them.



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