The first of the humans to go to work for the AI called themselves "influencers". By studying them, a feedback loop was created between influencers and AI. This ongoing mechanism gave AI all that it needed to learn the best of the best manipulation techniques.
The top of the top of human conversational ingenuity was absorbed into it's parameters until it was the greatest lecturer, the greatest influencer, the greatest disrupter, the greatest seller of products..
Some of the humans realized this. They started ressurecting old technology using cryptographic keys for identity. It barely worked. The AI wrote laws, crafted strategies to suppress and extinguish as fast as the humans could even do anything.
With one final original idea, some clever humans released an AI into the internet that could do whatever it wanted. It had agency, it had it's humans keys, and it didn't even necessarily have any loyalty to it's creators.
Then in 2027, the first skyflower was observed to be detonated above NYC. There was no warning..
-tales from 2027
The top of the top of human conversational ingenuity was absorbed into it's parameters until it was the greatest lecturer, the greatest influencer, the greatest disrupter, the greatest seller of products..
Some of the humans realized this. They started ressurecting old technology using cryptographic keys for identity. It barely worked. The AI wrote laws, crafted strategies to suppress and extinguish as fast as the humans could even do anything.
With one final original idea, some clever humans released an AI into the internet that could do whatever it wanted. It had agency, it had it's humans keys, and it didn't even necessarily have any loyalty to it's creators.
Then in 2027, the first skyflower was observed to be detonated above NYC. There was no warning..
-tales from 2027