The Tomorrow Times

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Can AI help inspire creative thinking and hope, instead of erasing it? Can AI help us imagine, and maybe achieve, more desirable future visions?

Today, the proliferation of misinformation and fake news is causing confusion and uncertainty among people all over the world. With the rise of new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, false information has become more sophisticated and can spread quickly via social media platforms. Unfortunately, much of the misinformation tends to showcase bleak futures filled with fear, hate and anxiety, and while some argue that AI is partially responsible for this phenomenon, I've been wondering whether AI can be also harnessed to promote hopeful news and desirable scenarios.

Can AI help inspire creative thinking and hope, instead of erasing it? Can AI help us imagine, and maybe achieve, more desirable future visions? And can we, in return, help reprogramming AI's engines so that they offer different, more inspiring results when working with prompts?

Those were my goals when I decided to work on something like The Tomorrow Times, a speculative newspaper of the future for hopeful news. With the help of AI, using both Midjourney and ChatGPT, I've created a bunch of —not fake, but speculative— news towards a more sustainable, inclusive and hopeful future for all.

It's important to mention that these are not predictions but possible future scenarios, so they don't have a date and obviously they're not released "chronologically". There might be scenarios that you like and find interesting, while you may find others boring or even detrimental. But remember, they're not real: The Tomorrow Times is simply an exploration, and therefore it is open to new ideas, critiques and it will evolve as I learn and evolve myself.