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That's not what daemons are... At all.

A better comparison would be literally any sci-fi book where everyone has a personal AI. Spider Robinson's Stardancer trilogy is the first one that comes to mind.

Completely agreed.

Once we have consumer level AR, our personal AI could take 'physical' (really just visual) form that follows us around.

Imagine the possibilities! We could sell so many digital hats!!!

I used to maintain that "Fifteen Million Merits" wasn't about the future at all, but was an allegory for the present.

These days, though, I'm beginning to wonder....

I think you may not have understood those books…