Of that they have no idea what they're getting into.

I know which way I'd bet.

This is LA. There are unions who expect their fair share of graft and corruption. The more inefficient that process, the more union jobs, the more donations to re-election war chests.

Politics as usual in the Pyrite State.

Haven't read much science fiction, have you? Hell, even Star Trek addressed it.

You'd be right if you, and only you, get to determine what is in everyone else's interest. That your priorities must be everyone's priorities.

And people do not work that way.

A random number generator can randomly choose between options programmed into it.

It cannot create new options that aren't there.

And basically, what you propose is actually what AI coding assistants do, and what they produce is useless slop. Amazon's AI coding assistant to update Java programs to the latest level couldn't even spell "Java" right.

And this isn't?

The same people who got Doom to run on a pregnancy test.

What would those reasons be? I can't think of any, and I'm pretty imaginative.

Anybody who is surprised by this is an idiot.

I know you are, but what am I?

needs a keeper to run their life for them.

Nobody could possibly be so disconnected from reality as to not know the answer to that, and still be able to walk and breathe at the same time without help.

In many cases, in fact, they do.

Congress could, but right now, they can't even agree on who is paying for lunch. So yeah, hold your breath on that, blue is your color.

Nice revenge fantasy you're masturbating to there, Skippy. Be sure to use lots of lotion. Wouldn't want to chafe.

It's damned close now. The ESUIT plugin regularly removed over 95% of the home page, mostly "suggested for you" and reels multiple times.

I seriously doubt that it is technologically possible to build a car without computer chips that would meet the various legal, emission and safety requirements to sell in the US.