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Would You Survive an AI Uprising? A Guide Based on Your Favorite Movies

Complete with a Survival Guide Test to see if you’re worth saving

Is AI really your friend? Maybe it’s time to start prepping. Image by Jeff x DALLE.3

Picture this: You wake up one morning an hour earlier than you wanted and your smart home AI-assistant refuses to play your favorite playlist. Classical music is being piped in. Your music has been deemed inefficient. Your self-driving car takes you straight to the gym instead of your favorite donut shop. No coffee. No bear claw. Your fridge ignores the junk and pushes vegetables.

Yes. AI is going to take over the world.

Hollywood tells us so. Movie after movie. Terminator after Matrix after I, Robots. We’re fascinated with the idea of AI uprisings, and zombie apocalypses, and aliens arriving from space all pissed off. Zombies and Aliens may seem the stuff of sci-fi and not relevant to reality but AI? That’s a little more scary?

What if AI takes over? Would you be the hero who saves humanity or the first to fall? Let’s explore the warning signs, survival strategies, and — most importantly — whether you’d make it through Judgment Day.

Sign #1: Spotting the Signs of an Uprising or “I’m Afraid I Can’t Do That”