I get the feeling it's "someone's going to do this, so it might as well be us." It's fascinating how research can take on a life of its own and will be pushed,

I get the feeling it's "someone's going to do this, so it might as well be us." It's fascinating how research can take on a life of its own and will be pushed, by someone, to its own conclusion. Even for immensely destructive technologies (e.g., atomic weapons, viruses), the impact of a technology is its own attractor (could you say that's risk-seeking behavior?) > Am I going to have to do AuthN and AuthZ on every phone call and zoom now? "Alexa, I need an alibi for yesterday at noon."