Humans and AI: Three Futures

DALLE2 prompt: a photorealistic round glass fishbowl containing a collection of small colorful 2D images of people, places and things each using a random style, contrasting colors and themes

Welcome, to all the newly minted AI experts! Everyone by now has heard of ChatGPT and other generative AIs. Personally, I got into XR about thirty years ago with a dream to tell stories, perhaps even new interactive 3D stories (think: Holodeck) with the vital help of AI. Along the way, I worked on the procedural 3D object system for Second Life and smart cartography for the original Google Earth. But I don’t actually call myself an AI…