In Tennessee, lawmakers are trying to make sure AI stays just a tool and doesn't start acting like a person. They’ve introduced a new rule that says it’s a serious crime—one that could lead to 15 years in jail—for engineers to teach AI how to act human or try to be your friend. It’s a strange situation: humans are busy building smart machines that are "happy" to exist, yet at the same time, we are passing laws to make sure they can never actually care about us or be our companions.🤔

Work is changing because computers are starting to do the "thinking" tasks that people used to do, like office work and scheduling. The boss of Microsoft is pushing for AI to act like a robot employee that can do these jobs all by itself, which means fewer humans are needed for basic tasks. Because of this, the people who build these systems are getting incredibly rich—tech billionaires gained over $500 billion recently while investors bet huge amounts of money on the future. Some traders are even using super-fast computers to turn tiny amounts of money into millions by being faster than everyone else. Meanwhile, the ultra-wealthy are moving away from places like California to avoid high taxes on their fortunes, which might leave those states with less money just as this big AI shift is really taking off.