Did Max Headroom Warn Us About the Future of AI?

MTV, New Coke, and ChatGPT all rolled into one…

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The time setting? Sometime in the near future. The place: A dystopian world dominated by television and large corporations. The character? A cyborg — driven by artificial intelligence — challenging the corporations and systems, while at the same time, creating its own persona to influence the public.