I got a bit rage filled today at the following post on Twitter and it’s worth thinking a little more about why I had such a strong reaction to it. Apart from the fact that I am deeply offended by the idea that a fridge can run my life better than I can, there was something more…

Gartner’s @MobileAnn says an emotion-sensing #AI future approaches https://t.co/3mJxrwCacV #GartnerSYM pic.twitter.com/fmTjOWlvyJ

— Gartner (@Gartner_inc) July 14, 2017

I think it goes something like this:

• When 80 people can burn to death in social housing the one of the wealthiest local authorities in the country.
• When 2000+ foodbanks are now operating in the UK to counter the daily reality of austerity politics.
• When 2357 immigrants have died in the Mediterranean between January and July 2017.
• When 45% of deaths of children under 5 are from malnutrition.
• When at least 2 billion people have no choice but to drink from contaminated water sources.

Then this kind of nonsense is not anywhere close to the kinds of solutions our world needs.

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