Truth Decay: Here, in the Future

I can’t imagine where we’d be without generative AI. After all, thanks to AI, humanity has truly skyrocketed into the next age of discovery, free from the chains of labour that once plagued our meaningless lives. Now that the Tesla bots are running the factory lines, everyone’s out on the town, living life to the fullest.

I remember when Utopia was just a word, but these days, most have forgotten there ever was such a time. Without AI, there‘d still be millions of people across the globe living in poverty on the edge of starvation. There would still be enough nuclear weaponry and disease to wipe out the entire human race in a flash.

Can you imagine? A world where your every thought must be your own? Where your every move comes with a choice? I thank my lucky stars every night that I don’t ever have to know the pain of not knowing what to do next. If it weren’t for AI, how would we ever have solved the world’s most difficult challenges?

Sure, our planet is tearing at the seams and littered with roaring data centres that spit out sterile, uninspired gunk to flood out any sense of art and culture in society and enable mass surveillance on an unprecedented scale, but at least AI cured cancer, fixed the economy, and made the world a better place, right?

It is an honor to embrace my humility and admit that whatever I can do, AI can do better. That there is nothing special about being a human being. After all, what is a man if not an animal, and what is an animal if not a biological contraption. That is why, as of today, I have decided to stop writing this blog and allow my brain to be fused with AI entirely, transcending humanity and achieving true enlightenment.

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9 responses to “Truth Decay: Here, in the Future”

  1. Rosaliene Bacchus Avatar

    You’re being facetious, right?

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    1. Michael Zheludev Avatar

      Without a doubt. 100%. This is a satirical piece.

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      1. Rosaliene Bacchus Avatar

        Thanks for the clarification, Michael. I’m not great with satire.

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      2. Michael Zheludev Avatar

        Me neither! Maybe that’s why you didn’t catch on. This is my first shot at satire. Anyways, thanks for reading Rosaliene!

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      3. Rosaliene Bacchus Avatar

        Enjoy your new explorations with satire 🙂

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  2. Inspired Works Avatar

    Yes I can but here we are – I laughed at your picture some truth in it – AI – good AI is going to charge you to use it!

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    1. Michael Zheludev Avatar

      Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for reading

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  3. The Irreparable Collective Avatar

    I’d written a whole comment on how difficult satire is to nail, so thank God we have bots who understand tone and nuance better than us humans do, blah blah blah. But then I erased it bc it was starting to get too meta for me 😆

    But seriously, very nicely executed piece 👏

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    1. Michael Zheludev Avatar

      Satire is exhausting isn’t it 🤣 Anyways I really appreciate you reading and getting into the intended spirit of this piece. Cheers

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