Quoting Christopher Mims
<blockquote cite="https://bsky.app/profile/mims.bsky.social/post/3mhsux67xpk2d"><p>I really think "give AI total control of my computer and therefore my entire life" is going to look so foolish in retrospect that everyone who went for this is going to look as dumb as Jimmy Fallon holding up a picture of his Bored Ape</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">— <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/mims.bsky.social/post/3mhsux67xpk2d">Christopher Mims</a>, Technology columnist at The Wall Street Journal</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai">ai</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/security">security</a></p>
24th March 2026
I really think "give AI total control of my computer and therefore my entire life" is going to look so foolish in retrospect that everyone who went for this is going to look as dumb as Jimmy Fallon holding up a picture of his Bored Ape
— Christopher Mims, Technology columnist at The Wall Street Journal
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