A Short Story Set in a Post-AI Era
corbtt · x · 2026-07-11
The author shares a short story they wrote titled The Machine Starts. Set in a "plausible post-AI world" about 20 years into the future, the world remains imperfect, but the author feels they would genuinely love to live there.
The background of this post stems from a previous discussion: if we want people to believe in a better ending for AI, we need stories that are more accessible and vivid than philosophical arguments.
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