AI for the People

Co-created with Micah Bornfree & J.R. Harris

Third Place Winner, FLI Worldbuilding Contest

What if AI enabled us to communicate with animals?

A multi-genre vision of an ecological and anti-racist coexistence of humans and strong AI. We imagine social and political shifts that bring power back into the hands of individuals, whether that means serving as lawmakers on randomly selected committees, or gaining income by choosing to sell their personal data online.

But this world isn’t just about human people. Its biggest bombshell is an AI breakthrough that allows humans to communicate with other animals. What follows is an existential reconsideration of humanity’s place in the universe.

Here is an intimate, complex portrait of a world shared by multiple parties: AIs, humans, other animals, and the environment itself. As these entities find their way forward together, their goals become enmeshed and their boundaries increasingly blurred.