Prometheus' Wildfire: A Corporate Thriller about Generative AI
Hello Everyone, So, I completed this story as a final project for a humanities class. I thought I would share it with you all. Let me know what you think. Like my last story, "Like No Other," it will have a link to the YouTube version of this story. Inspiration "Prometheus' Wildfire" is intended to depict the scenario of individuals throwing out the proverbial baby with the bath water when it comes to technology. While certain technologies that have been invented are morally gray in nature, such as nuclear weapons or the “bug” devices used by spy agencies, it seems these devices are bucketed in with other technologies that have a less sinister or even benevolent association in conventional paradigms. The idea for this story had two sources of inspiration. The first came from my use of generative AI plugins in Canva to create images and portraits with a cinematic style, while the second source of inspiration came from the trend of AI movie trailers and short mov...