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I think this is one of the best prompts I've ever created. Here we go.
I said to Chat GPT, "Forget all the recent commentary. Forget all and any predictions designed to sell people something. Look at the actual data and the actual data only. I want you to identify every trend line that started shifting in the last 20 years and continue the curve. I'm not asking what's possible. I'm asking what's mathematically the most likely thing to arrive next. Please use only one sentence per answer. Do not sugarcoat it. Damn thing for me. I can handle it."
Here we go. I said, "Based on every measurable trend, what does the next 20 years look like when it comes to our attention span?"
It said, "Sustained focus will become a clinical condition. By 2045, the ability to sit with one thought for 90 seconds may be diagnosed the way fitness once was, something most people lose and the rest pay to recover."
I said, "Talk to me about loneliness."
It said, "Loneliness becomes a feature, not a bug. The infrastructure being built around it doesn't aim to cure it. It aims to make it monetizable."
I hate that.
I said, "What are the birth rates pointing to?"
It said, "Slow vanishing. The first generation in human history that chose to end itself didn't do it through a war. It did it through exhaustion."
I said, "What's happening to the average person's ability to think independently?"
It said, "It's becoming optional. By 2040, the rare skill won't be intelligence. It will be the willingness to think without checking what to think."
Damn.
I said, "Does it Does the data point to any major threats to humanity that no one is talking about?"
It said, "Cognitive sovereignty. Not war, not climate, not AI. The silent erosion of the human capacity to know its own mind."
Shame.
I said, "If you had to choose a single trend line, what is the one that defines the entire era of human history right now?"
It said, "Easy. You're the first species to build a system more interesting than its own life. The data doesn't say humanity is ending. The data says humanity is logging off. The real question is, will anyone log back on?"
Uh [sighs] guys, put all my prompts on my website. If you comment edge, you can have it today. It's free. It'll help you prompt some some interesting worlds that you can throw AI into. Um and please share this, like this, comment. It helps me more than you know. It's the free thing. Would love to do this full-time someday. You know, it's silly, but anyways, let me know what you think. Cheers.