"Asia" didn't roll out anything. Thailand, Vietnam, The Philippines, and Pakistan rolled out independent measures.

There’s not much you _can_ do on your own. Vote, get politically involved on a local level. Try to change people’s minds.

I'm in the same boat. Thankfully, I only use my iPad for watching videos while I'm cooking, but if were using it for anything else, I'd have to replace it.

From the 16?

> Though society seems poised to build a dystopian future defined by data centers and adjacent power plants, history hints at a different direction. Past technological revolutions often started with grotesque prototypes, only to be eclipsed by breakthroughs yielding more practical outcomes.

…for a privileged minority, yes, and to the detriment of billions of people whose names the history books conveniently forget. AI, like past technological revolutions, is a force multiplier for both productivity and exploitation.