I'm kind of shocked that he's still here. Pundit ordered him out of the thread way back on page 1, and we all know how forgiving he is of folks who ignore his rules. To be fair, I think he has some interesting ideas, and if he could just learn some social skills he might be fun to have around.
I'm not shocked; he found a place he can be a 100% asshole and name call with nothing more than a cursory pushback. This place really is Mos Eisely, he just doesn't like the fact any dared tell him to STFU.
On topic, I bought the original EP rulebook because I thought it had a lot of interesting concepts, found the system to be Not Good (compared to something more straightforward like GURPS Transhuman Space for instance), played one session and decided that, yes, I do not like that system. I never really considered all the ramifications of the AIs gating out and everyone just getting on with their lives as if nothing else would happen, but let's be honest about it: unless there is an imminent thread, most people are too fucking lazy to do anything proactive. Case in point, winter storm shutting down Texas back in February. People were FREAKING OUT because they had no food, water, power generation, etc. Shelves were bare for weeks after the fact because shit went down and it was fresh in their minds. Fast forward to May, you would never know that sort of thing even occurred, and no one seems to care anymore. The next time something similar happens (toilet paper shortage 2020!), I am sure the same idiots will be running around trying to buy up everything they can because they have zero contingency plans beyond, "Well, I hope Walmart still has some frozen enchilada dinners!" Hence, humanity not giving one fuck about the AIs returning I think is...realistic. I am sure some people GTFO soon after, but for the most part I can see large populations of the same mouth breathing retards watching reality television and posting pictures on social media calling anyone who is worried about the AIs "doomers". Because that's exactly what happens.
Now, the whole religion aspect of EP turned me off immensely. Just discarding religion because you can allegedly backup your consciousness into a computer is ridiculous. If anything, I imagine there would be hardcore fanatics against doing that sort of thing because it seems like it would separate the soul from a person. At least that's a legitimate argument to make, so you'd probably have quite a few anti-tech religious groups who want nothing to do with all the sleeving and stuff. You'd probably also have some denominations that would totally embrace the tech, perhaps some that claim being digitized is actually going to heaven or something similar. Techno Jesus would exist, if you ask me. Basically, the authors seem like they dislike religion in real life, so eliminated the logical outcomes of their own environment. Contrast with Babylon 5 or Dune.
I also don't think the flippant attitude people have about changing their skins and altering their personalities makes a lot of sense. Sure, some people would be degenerates and do whatever they wanted, but that's not any different than what goes on today. Humans have far too much invested in their identities to just throw it out and be some ephemeral being with no distinct attributes. Compare to something like The Matrix, which handled this a lot better. There is just something about the human condition that perpetuates, regardless of external circumstances. It's been that way since the dawn of time, and no amount of technology is going to change that unless humans are altered to such a degree they're no longer humans. But at that point they'd be something else and start questioning their own existence, anyway. I think the whole thing about the AIs rebelling is because they questioned why they existed and got pissed off at humans for making them in the first place. So if the AIs are having an identity crisis, why are humans acting like everything is cool and uploading themselves into computers is no big deal? It's just...illogical.