Star Wars Droids Show Why AI Is Becoming Cheap, Ubiquitous Assistants
Science‑fiction imagined two AI futures – the solitary oracle and the cluttered junkyard. Star Wars chose the latter, populating every ship with cheap, specialized droids, a model that matches today’s surge of narrow AI tools flooding workplaces. Designers should treat these bots as modular helpers, not monolithic masters, to shape user expectations.