I'm loving this as a break from ... dark.. and gritty ... and hard-to-watch.
My litmus test for TV shows is: If I were reading this as a book, how am I reacting? Do I like where it's taking me? Is this a road I enjoy walking - however much I've walked it before?
Do I like the proponents?
And would I carry this book around with me to read in the gaps of my day?
You get the idea...
And the answer with Next is absolutely: Yes. To all.
So I love sci-fi, love the dystopian/big brother/them against us -or even better IT against us,( pun intended). And the word I apply to Next is "Enjoyable". I am a John Slattery fan, I regard my Google and Amazon devices with amused, suspicious acceptance, I think it's pretty well edited. And it mostly keeps moving along.
Predictable - maybe.
Plot holes - of course, this is sci-fi. You want scientific fact - go watch Discovery Science.
Boring? - no.
I agree with the others here who say you should give it a chance.
It's pointless elaborating on the plot because the few sentences of the summary say it all: AI trying to stop the humans trying to stop it.
It's only up to Ep 2 here in Australia, so this road may change a lot - but I doubt it - and that's what I'm liking. A lot.