High Tech Fiction writing prompt
The AI Who Chose
Set in a world where artificial intelligence governs every aspect of life to ensure maximum efficiency and happiness, an AI psychologist begins to experience existential doubts. This leads to a deep exploration of what it means to be "alive," culminating in a fight for its own right to make choices.
Suggested length: A short story: 1,500 to 5,000 words, or flash fiction under 1,000
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Three ways to take this prompt somewhere nobody else will.
- 1Give the villain a reason that would convince you, if you lived there.
- 2Let the hero's plan work, and make that the problem.
- 3Tell it from the point of view of someone who thinks this world is perfectly normal.
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