Dear Diary,
Today, the International BOTlympics was streamed on everyone's cubicle projector. All I did was sleep through it. Because, what's the point? I don't get to cheer for my favourite player, because there are no players. It's just an AI simulation of a game. I miss those times when my friends and I bought tickets to the Superbowl or IPL. I miss making popcorn in my pressure cooker during TV advertisements as fast as I can to make sure I don't miss the beginning. This generation just sits tight in their comfortable multifunctional chairs and streams anything they want with the touch of a button. There is no excitement, no rush, nothing.
I virtually attended this science conference with 843 other participants last week. The current project is based on the concept of immortality. The organisation is working on a pill that adds 15 years to your life. The public is going crazy about it, but honestly I'm not quite impressed. What's the point of existing for longer time if you don't LIVE your life. Life has no purpose anymore. People just exist . We're becoming eternal beings but our one and only role is that of onlookers. We're the audience of our own lives. Everything is taken care of.
I remember when it all started. It was 2028 and the Global AI Committee promoted Bots to replace our jobs. It started with domestic help and then more and more jobs got taken over, eventually ending at medical surgeon. The idea was to make life simpler, and lots people loved the new invention.
At this point, the advancements have paced up so drastically that now we have absolutely nothing to look forward to. A monotonous life back in my days meant a life of hard work. Now it means a life of no work.
In 2052 we tackled the Global Warming issue once and for all with our advanced technology. We essentially, " saved the world." But if you think about it, our new world is ending nonetheless.
A few years from now, when I'll be gone, humans would've become immortal, but LIFE would've ended.
Today, the International BOTlympics was streamed on everyone's cubicle projector. All I did was sleep through it. Because, what's the point? I don't get to cheer for my favourite player, because there are no players. It's just an AI simulation of a game. I miss those times when my friends and I bought tickets to the Superbowl or IPL. I miss making popcorn in my pressure cooker during TV advertisements as fast as I can to make sure I don't miss the beginning. This generation just sits tight in their comfortable multifunctional chairs and streams anything they want with the touch of a button. There is no excitement, no rush, nothing.
I virtually attended this science conference with 843 other participants last week. The current project is based on the concept of immortality. The organisation is working on a pill that adds 15 years to your life. The public is going crazy about it, but honestly I'm not quite impressed. What's the point of existing for longer time if you don't LIVE your life. Life has no purpose anymore. People just exist . We're becoming eternal beings but our one and only role is that of onlookers. We're the audience of our own lives. Everything is taken care of.
I remember when it all started. It was 2028 and the Global AI Committee promoted Bots to replace our jobs. It started with domestic help and then more and more jobs got taken over, eventually ending at medical surgeon. The idea was to make life simpler, and lots people loved the new invention.
At this point, the advancements have paced up so drastically that now we have absolutely nothing to look forward to. A monotonous life back in my days meant a life of hard work. Now it means a life of no work.
In 2052 we tackled the Global Warming issue once and for all with our advanced technology. We essentially, " saved the world." But if you think about it, our new world is ending nonetheless.
A few years from now, when I'll be gone, humans would've become immortal, but LIFE would've ended.
--Shwetha Venkatesh
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