Would AI government be possible? I asked AI—Microsoft Copilot, which said it was. It began describing how AI could draft legislation, manage policing, rule the courts, optimize the economy, etc.
Copilot asked me if I would like it to write a short story about life under such a system. It gave me motif options, and I chose “dystopian.” With its characteristic swiftness, it began rolling out an impressive story, checking with me after each passage.
The writing was excellent, and it soon became obvious that Copilot could have extended the story into a full novel, but I asked it to start wrapping things up. Even though the story is dystopian, I also asked Copilot to give it a relatively upbeat ending, not one of despair. OK, here we go. This short story was written completely by AI...
Read more...