IS ANYONE OUT THERE?

Hello, is anyone out there?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikfDdU4jpKE

Hard to imagine, I've been blogging for several years, posted hundreds of images and have said a few things that, I believe made sense.....but have received only 2 or 3 comments. Makes one believe that you're posting to yourself.......maybe, that's the case.

Read an article this morning about China embracing A.I., and how, if we aren't careful the Orwell's book 1984 could become a reality. Actually, in my opinion it's old news as we've been on this path for many years. Something that I wrote some time ago....

1984

The community commons, 

the soap box, has been replaced 

by mass disobedience. 

1984 happened, 

we just chose to ignore the signs. 

We’re all being watched, 

categorized, and recognized 

by ever present surveillance, and 

our digital signatures. 

Like animals to the slaughter, 

we embrace replicants, and artificial intelligence 

soon to overrun the workplace, and 

take our place. 

Humanity is paving over its existence, 

embracing a memory, 

contained in a hard-drive, 

                                   somewhere in space.

Paired (Mallards) - Hand-coloured etching

Hard to believe that years ago, in order to survive as an artist, I hand-coloured small etchings, spent hours doing so, and sold them for as little as $45.00. And then, if it was done through a gallery or at an art festival, there were fees/commissions resulting in a net to me of something like $20.00. Difficult to understand why one would spend years striving to become an artist to simply be used and abused?