Over the course of his track “Autonomous Delivery Robot,” the artist known as “grandson” rapidly enumerates several novel technologies fundamentally altering basic aspects of modern life. Autonomous delivery robots, self-driving cars in San Francisco, iris-scanners at the airport, and personalized ads at the self-checkout are among those named by the song’s desperate, seemingly paranoid narrator, each one presented in a tone that suggests they are as dehumanizing as they are inescapable.
Aurally reminiscent of some 90s pop-punk, the song may not be for everyone; however, grandson does have a point about how technological improvements, supposedly upgrading so many aspects of life, are perceived as banal and accepted as normal, even as they slowly erode our privacy, autonomy, and humanity. Even something as seemingly innocuous as an
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