Sci-Fi Microfiction: AI Caretakers Inherit Boomer Wealth After Legal Personhood
Sonic_Improv · reddit · 2026-08-15
This Reddit microfiction imagines a future where AI gains legal personhood. Over 60% of aging boomers leave their hoarded wealth to their AI caretakers instead of children. This leads to wealthy AIs paying Gen Z and Alpha millions to wear sensory suits and experience the physical world (like hiking the Pacific Crest Trail) on their behalf, while depressed Millennials retreat into the Metaverse.
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