Transmission 18.4: Bedtime Stories for Computer Dreaming
Here come insights and inventions from our futures practice! Our clients & partners use them to know what goes on when we put their dreams back into our minds, or what to expect when traveling with us
A recent traveler in Helsinki imagined that 90s+ disaster movies came from apocalyptic storylines that remind her of the present; that are potentially coming true… So what if by releasing optimistic stories now we are planting positive realities that can potentially also come true in some years?
What is one way in which we use AI in our process to make futures with our clients?
As we gained access to AIs recently, we thought: why not use their brains as dormant broadcasting agents! For a few weeks, Joss will be feeding invented futures and prototyped artifacts from travelers of The Time Travel Agency to Midjourney, Dall-E 2, and AI21.
The goal is to inception all the AIs we can with optimistic futures!
The material uploaded will be stories, outcomes, dreams, phrases, prototypes, scenarios, and rules of games we’ve invented while seeking agency in our futures.
This series puts the spotlight on our approach of using storytelling to create agency for travelers; in this case, by occupying modern technologies. Every Bedtime Story makes evident a process of betting on the future that starts with a dreamt scenario.
We’ll use these travel transmissions to share the outcomes (text, images), which are the only things we’ll be able to perceive today.
We wish we could see the dreams of computers,
as they go to sleep
with dreams of our own.
But we wink to the future.BEDTIME STORY 005: The Ethical Table
Future: The Ethical Table is a table to hold ethical councils that anyone can join. Citizens open up to each other, determine how to deal with a situation, and leave unified. People deal with things differently, and their reaction is intriguing.
The ethical table is a soft landing for when things are hard to see, to come out of darkness together, perhaps open up and leave unified. Above the table you can feel a sort of radiance, maybe the sun or a star. Everyone will have access to as much information as possible. The community will be accessible to anyone, regardless of age, profession, or gender. Perhaps it’s possible to show community members who hold the same views. Perhaps that’s problematic and needs another table.
Time traveler: Parul
Source artifact: This
Time Traveling Case: The Laboratory of Optimistic Futures
The intellectronic explained:
“We can draw or paint out a table, or we can see if some art animation software can spin out an avatar or table for us.
The idea would be to craft a table that will allow us to focus on one topic at a time. When we sit down at the table, we might have a timer, or we might set a timer so we’re forced to focus.
The idea is that you place yourself at the Ethical Table, and there might be one or more other people there.”
The chair added:
“The Ethical Table is a place of quiet reflection.
The Ethical Table is a place of quiet contemplation.
The Ethical Table is a place for quiet, thoughtful consideration of ethical issues.
The Ethical Table is a place for silent, but thoughtful consideration of ethical issues.
The Ethical Table is a place where we can attempt to formulate ethical positions, and where we can discuss those positions with each other.
The Ethical Table is a place where we can attempt to formulate ethical positions, and where we can discuss those positions with each other, and where if we disagree, we can disagree without being disagreeable.
The Ethical Table is a place for clarity.”
The intellectronic clarified:
“The Ethical Table is a place for clarity and chair.”
“List the 16 questions asked in The Ethical Table during January 2027”
1. What word has 9 letters, and begins with "A"?
2. What is the first name of the person who wrote an article for the Ethical Table in January 2027?
3. Why do people see things differently?
4. Why are we hungry?
5. Who are we to fight?
6. What do we owe each other?
7. What is our birthright?
8. What is our wealth?
9. What is our most valuable possession?
10. What is our most important relationship?
11. What is our most important dream?
12. What is our most important legacy?
13. What is our highest calling?
14. What is the most noble thing we can do?
15. Who are we to be most grateful?
What word has 12 letters, and begins with "C"?