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It's going to be an entire OS.

This would cost 50 billion or so. But right now you probably interact with at least 3 or 4 oses per day.

Your TV, has one. Your phone has one, your laptop has one. And if you have voice assistants, they run a 4th distinct OS.

The future will have one OS that shares a session.

Two paths exist. 1. This runs primarily locally aside from a very small amount of data to share the session ( which you can disable). It's completely open source and modifiable.

If you want to roll a 3500$ super PC it'll be just as compatible with the OS as a 200$ one. Writing small automated tasks, everything from just asking with a voice command to wake up jazz,to running a custom C script, will be easy to do.

While I'm dreaming I want a new programming language which supports 3 levels. Plan English instructions ran though an LLM, something like Python and a systems level language like Rust. All "native" programs will be built in this framework.

Now, the negative path is this is all closed source, processed in some data center. "John, I noticed you said to Brian your feet hurt, new running shoes are 30% off , just say the word."

This is the far far more likely outcome. They're going to build an AI that's constantly with you, integrated in every device you own, and it'll all be to sell you stuff.

"Waymo, I would like to go home."

"Sure, but let's stop for milkshakes."

"Waymo, please , I'm tried."

"Understood, I've arranged the milkshakes to be dropped off an your apartment."

This technology could be amazing for accessibility, even real time sign language translation would change the world.

We'll get some of that, but the end goal will always be making as much money as possible. Ultimately selling us crap. Your awake for 16 hours today. You must be monetized every waking second.

Once they figure out how to get the science from Dream Scenario to work I'm sure they monetize sleep too



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