@dnkboston @blogdiva Talking of which cut is best, Bladerunner is the 1992 Director's Cut, hands down. We never did screen that one because my business partner didn't think it would be a draw (she was wrong and I will die on this hill!), but we did discuss it.

The original studio release of that movie was a mess. Cut to shreds and given a stilted, anachronistic, film noir-style voiceover that ruined the atmosphere.

@ErikJonker I appreciate the response and mean no disrespect to you when I say the benefits mainly accrue upwards, not downwards to ordinary folks with meagre funds. Musk's "self-driving" cars already function as unregulated surveillance for a reckless billionaire who has way too much power, and is a clear and present danger to democracy. A robot in my home with advanced sensory capacity? In my living room? Bedroom?

I'd dismantle it into individual component parts myself. Not wanted or needed.

@ErikJonker Great, a robotic surveillance device in my home slowly making me more dependent on Big Tech by doing basic tasks I should be able to do for myself if I wish to remain sharp into old age. What's next, a mini forklift for me to take to the gym to raise the weights for me? A machine to read and interpret all the books so I don't have to? Oh wait, we already have the latter with "AI".

Nah, I'd sooner throw all my tech into a river. We already have amazing brains and bodies of our own.

@petergleick Jesus wept...

No, it was never about the children.

"First...the relevant secretary of state (Michelle Donelan) expressed "concern" that the [Online Safety Act] might whack sites such as Amazon instead of Pornhub. In response, officials explained that the regulation...was "not primarily aimed at…protection of children", but was about regulating "services that have a significant influence over public discourse", a phrase that rather gives away the political thinking behind the act."

https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/online-safety-act-botched-2xk8xwlps