How Artificial Intelligence Hype Keeps Us Stuck in "The Good Old Days"

AI is trying to decide if you get a job, AI is deciding if you get access to medical treatment -- and if we get that wrong, you have real world consequences. Those were funny cases you mentioned. I just hope that I never have to go through it. By the way, how far do you think we are from something Hollywood-ish in terms of AI? The tech is far from advanced, at least in the US and in Europe where 24/7 public surveillance isn't (yet) a thing.