Got a new phone last week, little did I foresee the repercussions that have traumatised me since.
I’ve got the day off today, and have a nine point to-do list that I expected to comfortably get through in time for a lovely early afternoon nana nap. Small chance of that. Have just spent 40 minutes on the phone with the man from the bank. My entire phone banking system vanished over the weekend. Something to do with heightened security. They’ve certainly secured my money from anything I might ever want to do with it. All my hard work with my meditation and mindfulness apps has gone out the window as I find myself saying “I fucking hate you!” to the automated phone voice recognition AI, when none of their options applies. I don’t think much of the chances of AI taking over the world if they don’t recognise a few swear words. Surely I’m not the only one? Or maybe it’s just my accent or the tears that lead them to say “I’m sorry, I didn’t quite catch that”. Or is it just being polite, embarrassed by the blatant evidence of humanity’s inadequacy for the modern world? Honestly, they talk about “going postal” but in this day and age I think “going banking” would be more applicable.