A Short Story About the Post-AI World
corbtt · x · 2026-07-11
This post raises a question: If machines can think, build, cure, and make decisions better than humans, what is the meaning of human existence?
In response, the author mentions writing a short story titled The Machine Starts, set in a "post-AI" world roughly 20 years from now. While this world still has its flaws, the author considers it a future they would genuinely want to live in.
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