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by rolph 9 days ago
one of my favorite presage cult classics

20 minutes into the future a.k.a.

Max Headroom show:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom:_20_Minutes_into_...

a janky AI escapes its sandbox and runs wildcat while the rest of the characters engage with a technocorporatocracy after discovering the true nature, extent, and lethality of "blipverts" a highly compressed form of advertizing everything in the space of seconds, often causing neurocompromise.