Complete societal collapse seems more likely before the tech is far enough along for any of these scenarios
like, -maybe- matrix if we're lucky. But given how things are it's less "virtual prison" and more "okay here's a thing that makes your life suck less, that'll be 3000$/month plus tax" that lasts maybe a week before getting sold out for ad space
I think it's going to be closer to the Wall-E collapse.
Though I part of me thinks the dystopia that Netrunner had is in the cards. Few mega-corporations controlling the world. Society restless due to AI and clones.... oh shit we're probably about 15 years out from this...
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