When AI grants every wish, genuine uncertainty may become the ultimate luxury
VraserX · x · 2026-11-07
VraserX offers a thought experiment: in a world where AI can give everyone almost anything they want, genuine uncertainty might become the ultimate luxury. People could voluntarily enter simulated lives — forgetting who they are, struggling for real, risking everything. "Basically paying to be human again."
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