There's an episode of The Twilight Zone, from late 1960, in which newlyweds Don and Pat Carter take shelter in an Ohio diner after their car breaks down en route to New York City.
Neither expects to be there long; an emergency mechanic just so happens to be around the corner.
To pass the time, Don, played by a young William Shatner, starts feeding pennies into a fortune-telling napkin holder: a grinning devil's head answering yes-or-no questions for a penny-a-pop.
What starts as harmless prompts soon becomes a compulsion as the machine somehow starts nailing the questions. Next thing you know, Don's stuck in a loop, unable to leave the restaurant without asking the machine's thoughts.
Elise Humphreys, 19, has never seen the episode.
Ms Humphreys is studying a double degree in International Relations and International Business at Perth's Curtin University, which encourages the "ethical" use of AI.
Nearly 80 per cent of Australian students reported using generative AI while studying last year, a figure that jumps to 94 per cent in more recent international reports.
The latest Gallup study on AI in the US found gen Z's approach to the tool has "significantly" worsened, and that most young people fear its use comes at a cost — to learning.
In the space of a week or so, calls to slow artificial intelligence down have gone from the margins of public debate to its centre.
Jenson Rainbird, a 16-year-old high school student from Melbourne, is happy to take part in the technical deceleration by avoiding AI as much as possible.