For this exercise, I decided to try out generating a few different prompts to write about. Below are the three that I came across that stuck with me. The first is the one that I actually sat down to write about, and the following two are ideas that I expand upon a little bit but don’t fully flesh out. I also went and added an AI generated image based off of the prompt’s content using the BING AI image generator.

Prompt #1:

In the not-so-distant future, we had the oh-so-bright idea of integrating algorithmic learning models into pharmaceutical ventures, in order to generate medicine that could proactively treat illnesses that had not yet begun to take hold; a form of inoculation against the potential downfall of the human race, a vaccine for life itself. What we should have known from the start is that life itself can become an illness: the constant growth of cells, the inherent desire to reproduce, to grow, to proliferate exitance beyond the capacity of our own capabilities, it’s no wonder the algorithms began to see life for what it truly is; a form of cancer. The unstable proliferation of living tissue, often at the cost of the host organism, eventually leads to its own extinction. What is that, if not a cancer? What is that, if not the human experience? We are born into this world with one purpose: to replace those that came before us. It’s Darwinian in nature; the young eventually overthrow the old, but live long enough to see the cycle repeat. So how does a machine solve the equation? How do you close the loop? You make it zero-sum. In order to solve an equation that is continually adding pluses, you need to close the loop so you can finally get the equals. So the algorithm generated a pill; an every-day vitamin, that became a once-in-a-lifetime dosage. It promised all the nutrients you would ever need for the rest of your life, in one simple little capsule. A very literal antibiotic, in every sense of the word. It’s a good thing that the packets didn’t come with the ingredients listed on the outside, because I’m pretty sure that much botulinum is lethal.

Prompt #2:

I didn’t end up writing out this scenario, but I had a few ideas rattling around that I kinda liked the sound of. The one that stuck the most was the idea of a post-apocalyptic world populated by AI, that eventually finds references to alcohol consumption. Sure enough, they can find and re-create the physical properties of liquor, but the purpose behind its use and the ability to actually get drunk proves to be a bit of a problem; How do you convince an intelligence that what it really needs is a few fluid ounces of something that will  make it very unintelligent very quickly? Plus, the idea of drunken robots makes me laugh. Bender Bending Rodriguez eat your heart out.

Prompt #3:

This one hit a little too close to home… we are already living in a society that is coming apart, and issues surrounding class already cause me to harbor feelings of resentment. Im quite certain that there already exists a brand of candy that only the ultra-elite know about (possibly made of babies or whatever the hell it is that the 1% actually enjoy) that the rest of us will remain ignorant of for as long as our systems continue as they do.