Depends on the plastic, but if you’re using an extension cord or power strip that smells like burning plastic, that’s also a fire hazard. I know I wouldn’t be continuing to use it

Both. Everyone is afraid of AI taking over but it’s just a tool. Human augmentation is way more likely to lead there. But in the mean time, Stephen Hawking lived quite a while only being able to speak with augmentations. Just like any other technology, it will be at the very least researched in fear that someone else will first. So might as well embrace it