Hot to Geek: “Have you noticed how cluttered and obnoxious the web is at times? For example, cookie banners and blinding white themes are a constant barrage of annoyance and distraction. Thankfully, modern web extensions solve many of those problems, but there are a few essentials that I can’t live without. Science fiction has been warning us for years that AI would destroy humanity, and we all thought it would appear like the Terminator with all guns blazing, but the reality is more like a boring dystopia. TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook all have AI-driven recommendation algorithms, each rotting our brains one piece of content at a time. YouTube’s recommendation system is wild; if you watch one video about AI, it takes over your feed for about two weeks. A siege of FOMO (fear of missing out) and endless hype relentlessly bombards my fragile, squishy little human mind without mercy. It seems like YouTube punishes us for being inquisitive. We need a hero to counterbalance this assault; where is John Connor? Cue BlockTube…”