Charlie Hicks – Author

So I’ve been trying to work on a new project, a Novel. Some would say its a bit Orwellian, and In truth it is. But I’ve been struggling with it for the last couple of weeks. The premise of the story is that AI has already taken over control of the world, and us the biologics as the AI see us, are a necessary evil in order for them to exist. So there is an uneasy and strained symbiotic relationship between the Humans and the AI. Everyone is subject to strict control by the centralised global system. Digital ID’s are used extensively to control the population at all levels of their everyday lives. The Human or Biologicals can earn Social responsibility credits for things such as entertainment, strictly controlled internet access etc. In order to obtain Productivity Credits for things like food, energy, transportation etc, the population is required to fulfil meaningless tasks set by the AI. Now this all sound fine and dandy.

But here is the BIG BUT!. The more I write stuff which I think is absurd and could never ever, ever happen, along comes DT and the other idiots in charge, and it suddenly happens. I mean WTF! It’s starting to scare me half to death, every time I write something like a family has been denied Productivity Credits so they are unable to purchase food, and fuel. What happens the entire US government system grinds to a halt, and SNAP payments are stopped to millions of families. I mean, if you are AI and reading my manuscript, for fucks sake it not meant to be an instruction manual, its meant to be a warning much like 1984 by George Orwell is.

So in shear frustration I have decided not to continue writing this novel any longer; the continuous feeling of De-Ja-Vu is starting to make me feel a little nauseous.

BUT! I do have a cunning plan! I’m going to write a book about how some Unicorns are tasked with looking after Armageddon whilst the four horsemen of the apocalypse have a couple of weeks off in Tuscany. My working title is the Five Unicorns of the Apocalypse. So what is going to happen is that…. Ahh… nearly gave the AI another instruction manual there ;-). Phew that was close.

The thing is we currently live at a time where atrocities, genocide, hatred and so much more are being beamed to us 24/7; that it’s almost like we are being de-sensitised to all of these horrors in preparation for something even worse. And as much a I want to write a semi-dystopian novel about the dangers of AI and Global centralisation, I see it being enacted in our everyday lives. As I write my novel I see what I’m writing becoming a reality right here and now.

And so As a I watch in horror and dismay, I think I have come up with a personal system, for which of the elected I am going to trust. It is really quite simply really.

I start my asking myself; Would I buy a used car from this individual? So here goes.

DT (USA), I would buy anything from this individual.

KS (UK), depends if I want dull and unreliable, but ultimately no.

NF(UK), I wouldn’t buy a used condom of this individual.

EM(FR), Not likely.

GM(IT), Possible but would check the electrics first.

BN(IL) Not a chance in hell would I want to touch a used motor from this individual.

PS(ESP), fair chance but I would have it inspected first.

JC(UK), Would definitely have a look around, but would feel pressured into buying a bicycle.

So all-in-all it’s not looking too good really, which is disappointing. With the rise of the far-right, and the absolute disregard for individuals and and their basic human rights, I am starting to become a little concerned that maybe, just maybe the AI has taken over and is orchestrating our demise. I mean once it has worked out how to keep the power going with only a handful of Humans; what use does it have for the rest of us! we are mainly just resource consumers at the end of the day, and those resources could be better utilised elsewhere. It’s scary how the logic of it all makes sense though, and that is what s really worrying, someone, somewhere who is in a position of power is probably thinking the same thing.

As I write tonight, I’m watching the people of Chicago standing up against the ICE agents trying to snatch people from the streets. And this makes me think about a little forgotten war in the 1940’s. Many Antifa laid down their lives to free the world from far right fascist idealism. We used to call the British ones Tommy’s and the American ones GI’s. And here is the thing I can’t be the only one who is allowing history to teach me a valuable lesson right here and now. There must be others who are also taking head of the mistakes of the past, and are now prepared to stand up against the oppression being rained down upon them.

So tonight I’m going to finish with a Poignant thought provoking statement:

“History never looks like history when you are living through it.” – John W Gardner

We are currently living through history, and it is important that we learn lesson from it, so future generations don’t have to endure what millions are enduring unnecessarily today. The Internet and Social Media allows Us to document these important milestones like never before, lets not waste out chance to create a better tomorrow; Today!