That sounds lovely if one has the money for it; I am fortunate by comparison to some of my fellow schoolparents in that I could at least afford to countenance the idea, but some of them would be financially debilitated by a night out. Money is for food, housing & retail debt.

I have a 5-year-old. I have considered the above. The short version is: the AI cannot provide cuddles whilst reading. But I still can't cost-benefit-analysis-justify-afford to go to the pub.

Who can afford to go drinking any more? Of course there are some people with disposable cash but... You can spend 10 quid at a pub or 10 quid at a supermarket. Compare and contrast results.

I think TESCREAL is going too far. It implies everyone in Silicon Valley is sitting there gleefully thinking about their imminently becoming a cyborg or a mind upload. I've also seen transhumanists who don't think a so-called superintelligence is imminent.

"See the problem here?" People who own stuff are considered rich to the extent of the market value of what they own, and they are permitted to keep owning it, even/especially when it is successful?

"Gosh, if only I had realised a few decades ago that the proper way to solve an intellectual debate was to challenge my opponent to a duel." (Perhaps some of the people inside EA have been watching Hamilton on repeat?)

I'm more of the opinion that the US dollar is going to be devalued to the point where 100 billion a year is small change

I would offer the model is already good at persuasion. After all, it has convinced Oliver that it will one day be god.