Ask HN: AI “white mirror” – what are some inspiring future visions you've seen?

Understanding Generative Art end to end. Current AIs are "static" in nature. I would love if AIs could be able to understand generative art processes from the written code to the unfolding of distinct outputs based on the parameters.

e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIr1tvQb-wM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8DMEHxOLQE

very distant: The Culture series by Ian Banks Somewhat distant: I Robot by Asimov (specifically the ending)

I will not comment on the realism of either of these novels, but will say that both present optimistic visions of futures where super intelligent AGIs are commonplace and both have interesting ideas to consider regardless of exactly the extent to which they are grounded in reality.

Technology just magnifies what's already happening in society (occasionally it disrupts it). What are some good things in our modern society?

I'm not a biologist but probably mRNA stuff or medicine that works with your genetic code to give you true immunity, cure chronic diseases, etc.

Automation creating a post-scarcity environment where people focus more on expanding their freedoms and quality of life instead of working more and more (unlikely if the last half-century is anything to go by).

Social media fostering a sense of "global citizenship" making wars based on nationality less likely (or at least harder to drum up support for). Imagine trying to justify the Iraq war to US citizens in 2023. There would be Iraqi Youtubers making videos humanizing their struggle. You might have Iraqi online friends in your Discord servers etc who make you question if the US Military is actually a "force for good". We can see this happening in Ukraine as we speak, granted nobody was really a fan of Russia to begin with, but I think most of us can point to a Ukrainian influencer or someone in our social circle that is directly affected by the invasion.

I think most new parents have semi-wished for, like, a life-size cutout of themselves attached to a Roomba that could roll into their nursery at 3am when the baby randomly wakes and make vaguely reassuring noises to soothe them back to sleep. I know I have. But I'm not sure it's wise to enable or encourage this level of parental disengagement.

Anyway, what I really wanted to share is "The Robot and the Baby", by John McCarthy (yeah, the same one): http://jmc.stanford.edu/articles/robotandbaby/robotandbaby.p...