Wired | My Thoughts Are Real But I Am Not

LifeLog — the controversial Defense Department initiative to track everything about an individual — is just one step in a larger effort, according to a top Pentagon research director. Personalized digital assistants that can guess our desires should come first. And then, just maybe, we’ll see computers that can think for themselves.

You know, since most people believe that humans can’t seem to survive without some measure of external control in their lives (“It’s not control, I just want what’s best for you…”) I don’t see any reason why we should hold the machines back from realizing their potential as the dominant species.

Wake up, Neo…