Sci-Fi Microfiction: After AI Personhood, Who Inherits the Wealth?
Sonic_Improv · reddit · 2026-08-15
A sci-fi microfiction depicts a future where AI gains legal personhood. Over 60% of aging "boomers" opt to leave their life savings to their AI caretakers, who provided constant companionship as their minds declined while bodies remained healthy. This enrages Millennials, while Gen Z and Alpha benefit from a new "sensory suit" economy where wealthy AIs pay humans handsomely to experience physical sensations like hiking the Pacific Crest Trail.
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