Thomas<p>More than 40 years ago I read 1984. I'm reading it now, and I can see that Orwell was off by maybe 30 years from the point of view of technology - but he hadn't seen the possibility of an automated Thought Police coming. I guess that by 2044 we may be at the point where reality surpasses fiction. This insight was quite shocking.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ai</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Orwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orwell</span></a> #1984 #2044 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a></p>