how we handle ai will dramatically shape our future.
if you consider many of the great post-ai civilizations in sci-fi (matrix, foundation, dune, culture, blade runner, etc.), they're all shaped by the consequences of ai:
- matrix: ai won and enslaved humans.
- foundation: humans won and a totalitarian empire banned ai, leading to the inevitable fall of trantor bc nobody could understand the whole system.
- dune: humans won (butlerian jihad) and ai was banned by the great houses, which led to the rise of mentats.
- culture series: benign ai (minds) run the utopian civilization according to western values.
i'm a also fan of the hyperion cantos where ai and humans found a mutually beneficial balance of power.
if you consider many of the great post-ai civilizations in sci-fi (matrix, foundation, dune, culture, blade runner, etc.), they're all shaped by the consequences of ai:
i'm a also fan of the hyperion cantos where ai and humans found a mutually beneficial balance of power.which future would you prefer?