I am hopeful but seriously the Trumpers are so invested in the cult I think they would justify anything. If they completely destroy social security and medicare leaving 3/4 of Trump voters completely fucked I think they would justify it to themselves that it is just a sacrifice for the greater good. Sure they can no longer afford to eat or buy meds but the new Jesus said it is for the best.

I have a minio instance that I use to distribute files

None currently. Wish I could afford a GPU to play with some stuff.

I don’t have any insight into the hardware you mentioned but I wanted to say that I put opnsense onto a low powered computer a few years ago and love it. It is extremely configurable and easy to use with some pretty good documentation out there.

A human can at least spot an obvious error and correct it in the system. An AI would just double down and apologize for any inconvenience in a very comforting voice with words statistically proven to lower a customers frustration level.

AI controlling our lives with no humans to plead your case to is like something out of Black Mirror. I am not looking forward to this bleak dystopian future.