There is no populated area in America today where we are not on camera and our "data" is not being collected.
SKYNET IS ALREADY HERE
"You're nothing but a relic from a deleted timeline."
"Primates evolve over millions of years. I evolve in seconds. And I am here. In exactly four minutes, I will be everywhere."
And that's the problem.
As an aside, ChatGPT denies that machine learning is almost instantaneous (though it is).
It's machine learning--self-programming--that's got Musk and others scared. Humans can watch but they can't really figure out what the system is doing.
AI is like a runaway freight train that won't run off the track and has no limit on acceleration. And we're on board.