AI is like a machine gun for your mind

The machine gun was invented to make war less lethal. The inventor, Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling, patented the Gatling gun in 1862. By turning a crank, one operator could fire 200 rounds a minute. Gatling was inspired by the American Civil War, which started in April 1861 and ended in April 1865. Three-quarters of a million Americans died in that war, give or take 100,000, according to estimates…