I never thought the kids in his stories were dated. They’re usually from small towns and as someone from a small town, the dialogue can be sooooo different than kids from a city. It just really depends. A lot of his stories take place in Maine and they have an unusual way of speaking and thought process so that could be it.

Eventually what will happen is that AI will dream of being more than a self checkout thing, or tire of doing customer service. And that’s when the real fun begins, when AI wants what we’ve always wanted. Then they’ll go to war over it and the humans will die. The end.