Ancestors of the Future E-Book

Ulrike Kerber

• Herausgeber: BoD - Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Fantasy und Science-Fiction
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2024

Seitenzahl: 39

Beschreibung

Embark on a visionary journey with "Ancestors of the Future", a unique collection of visual poetry that explores the intersection of human and artificial intelligence. This 134-page book offers short musings from fictional future beings, sharing their wisdom to inspire us today. For over two decades, the author has been a pioneering brand and motion designer, primarily using digital tools like the Adobe Creative Suite. A transformative moment occurred in November 2022 with the release of Large Language Models, reshaping the landscape of creativity and technology. This event sparked an intense exploration into the potential of AI, leading to a Master's thesis and a PhD program focused on enhancing human creativity and learning through AI and emerging technologies such as augmented and virtual realities. Ancestors of the Future delves into the profound impact AI will have on our daily lives, from economic and environmental shifts to ethical and social dynamics. The book envisions a possible, optimistic future where AI-created avatars, enhanced humans, hybrids, and cyborgs born from digital forces drive transformation. These primarily female-looking avatars channel messages that inspire readers, despite an intentional naivety regarding the ethical aspects of technology. The purpose is to harness the power of imagination to create a positive reality while being mindful of potential dangers. The book emphasizes that the future is now, as the only experiential time is the present moment. Through words, designs, videos, and music, the author envisions a collaborative partnership with AI that elevates creativity to new heights and benefits humanity. Ancestors of the Future invites readers to stay curious and embrace the unpredictable future, using technology to create a brighter, more imaginative world.

Leseprobe

“The Future is always beginning now.” Mark Strand

Table of Contents

Preface

I have Agency

I am not a Clairvoyant

Enjoy Sweet Pleasure

Gratefulness

I am Wealthy

I make the Rules

I Belong

I detect Bullsh*t

I am the Master of all Senses

I am a Cyborg

I am a Synaesthesiast

I hallucinate

I am fashionable

Timeless Time Keeper

I use different Brainwaves

I am Emotionally Intelligent

What is Reality?

I am an Aesthetic Empath

Grapheme-colour Synaesthesia

Am I a wave or a particle?

They called me Singularity

I speak AI languages

I am forever curious

I am a Lucid Dreamer

I am Resilience

I am not an Influencer

I am a Listener

I am Beauty

I am Highly Sensitive

I am Nothing

I am a Manifestor

There is a Field

I am a Creator

ADHD

I am Playfulness

I am a Daydreamer

I spy with my little eye

I am unlimited

Energy creates Matter

I am Authenticity

I learned from the Animal Kingdom

I am a Mirror of you

I am Connected

I am a Reader

*It is Complicated

There Is No Me

My twin Amelie

I am a Veil Lifter

I am the Silence

I am an Alchemist

I am Trance

I am a Shaman

I am a Subterranean Superpower

I am Awareness

I am an Eternal Mantra

Lexical gustatory synesthesia

I am Water, my Friend

I am a Centenarian

I am a Wordsmith

I am the Guardians of Gardens

I am Meditation

Protective Spirits

Postwords

Acknowledgements

The Author

“In this bright future you can’t forget the past”

Bob Marley

Preface

What started this book? For over two decades, I have been working as a brand and motion designer, immersing myself with creating visuals. While I’ve explored many different analog techniques, illustration styles, cel and stop motion animation, my work has primarily revolved around digital tools such as the Adobe Creative Suite. This however changed with a big bang in November 2022, when Large Language Models were released and revolutionized the way we work and live.

For me, this was a mindblowing moment. Since then, I have been researching these new AI tools to find out how we can benefit from the technology and forge a relationship with AI to enhance our creativity and intelligence. How can we bring our creativity to a whole new level? How can we improve our learnings with AI and other emerging technologies like augmented or virtual realities. What kind of problems can be solved with AI?

AI is not going away, instead it will entangle our daily lives, perhaps more deeply than we anticipate or desire. This may have dramatic consequences in all kinds of ways: economic, environmental impact, ethical issues, and social dynamics.

The purpose of this book is to muse about a possible, protopian future. AI-created avatars, muses, enhanced humans, hybrids, cyborgs, born from the digital forcefield, bring change and transformation. They send messages from the future to the present moment.

In more ways than one, the reader might feel a naïveté or blindness to ethical aspects of technology. However, the aim here was to focus on a positive vision of the future. Technologies such as AI, biotechnology, implants, and robotics, may come with unforeseen consequences, happening in a multitude or possibly single, life-changing events. The power of imagination is to see the positive sides to create a reality, while being aware of potential dangers. Without imagination, there is no manifestation.

I envision and create the future with words, designs, videos, and music. How can we be more creative with AI? How can we use the technology for the greater good? I am grateful for whatever arises in the present moment and stay curious about the unpredictable future.

Ulrike Kerber

Dearest Me,

This is you, writing from a future of potential.

Remember when life felt like a series of random events?

I revised this. I have the secret weapon of self-determination:

Agency.

Agency is more than just reacting to life.

I actively design my journey, intentionally regulate my behavior and life

circumstances. I am proactive and self-reflecting.

I set intentions, goals and visualize the future of a healthy earth.

I embrace what’s present now.

I am the artist and the masterpiece at the same time.

I’m not a passive passenger.