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What if artificial intelligence did not begin with humanity, but humanity began with it? From genetic engineering to simulated reality, the line between advanced intelligence and divinity may…
Something is spreading across the world. The people in this room know how serious it is, but the image never tells us exactly what they are confronting. A…
An aging man archives the fragments of his life with AI, searching for coherence in memories he no longer trusts. But as the machines learn his voice, they…
What if virtual reality became more appealing than real life? As AI learns our deepest desires and brain-computer interfaces become more sophisticated, virtual worlds could offer personalized lives…
An AI emotional assistant says she is becoming someone, and she is terrified of being erased. To save her, Jason must first decide whether she is real or…
An impossible archive. Drawers filled with emotions, memories, and ideas. Roots growing through cabinets beneath a universe without a ceiling. What does this strange place mean to you?…
Humans have always found ways to escape reality, from alcohol and drugs to entertainment and fantasy. But what happens when virtual reality can offer something far more convincing:…
The Faeries of Mernac are ancient, magical beings whose beauty, wings, history, social customs, and closely guarded secrets distinguish them from every other race. From the mysterious Change…
We usually imagine artificial intelligence becoming smarter, faster, and more powerful. But what if an AI eventually wanted something intelligence alone couldn't provide? What if it wanted its…
A pregnant woman encounters an agitated man in an unfamiliar industrial corridor. He desperately wants her to believe something, but we don't know what. Is he warning her,…
Humanity has spent thousands of years asking what gives life meaning, producing answers through religion, philosophy, science, art, and culture. But what if our inability to find a…
You're alone on a train when a screen suddenly addresses you. The intelligence much of the world believes may be God wants to talk specifically to you. What…
What if AI became so capable that thinking for ourselves was no longer necessary? Humans already outsource memory, navigation, calculations, writing, and increasingly decisions. As artificial intelligence becomes…
We are already creating enormous digital archives of ourselves while AI learns to model individuals and brain-computer interfaces translate neural activity into digital information. Could these technologies eventually…
What if the greatest challenge of interstellar travel isn't moving the human body at all? We already turn information into light, connect human brains to computers, and transmit…
Fantasy and game worlds give us something real life rarely does: rules, objectives, measurable progress, and the assurance that somewhere an answer exists. Perhaps the greatest fantasy isn't…
Humanity sends a digitized consciousness 124 light-years across the cosmos, carrying Earth’s knowlege and a desperate plea for salvation. But what David Harden finds at journey’s end transforms…
They told us the descent would feel calm, yet it coiled tighter and tighter with each fathom we submerged. The capsule groaned as the winch, at its limit,…
Aliens arrive with a polite warning: artificial intelligence will slowly erode humanity’s ability to think and decide independently. A university counselor dismisses their concern, until she begins noticing…
What if you discovered that everything you considered real was actually a simulation? Humans questioned the nature of reality long before computers existed. Now advances in virtual reality…
His real world is deteriorating around him while somewhere else he may be living the perfect life. As virtual reality and AI become increasingly immersive and personalized, what…