WritingPrompts

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[WP] A hundred years from now, religion is no longer an element in our lives. We finally invent artificial intelligence--and it is profoundly religious.	7
[WP] A world where immortality has been invented. The catch? The longer you live, the more likely your soul leaves your body.	6
[WP] After seeding Mars full of self-replicating robotic bees to explore that planet, NASA loses contact. A century later we arrive on Mars to discover the bees became sentient.	5
[WP] In the future a complex AI is put in charge of all world governments. A year after it is turned on, it commits suicide.	3
[WP] "Episodic memory loss is generally a sign of dementia--but could be a sign of uncontrolled time travel. Let's run some tests to see what's going on."	3
[WP] Aliens attempt to make first contact with Earth. But because automation have taken over most of the jobs from farming to transportation to stocking shelves in local stores, the aliens conclude humanity is a parasite, and AIs are the dominant life form.	2
[WP] Wherever humans go in the universe, they build communities and unite desperate cultures and species. Tell the story of how this lead to the extinction of the human race.	2
[WP] The economics of war.	2
[WP] You are a muse, a guiding spirit who seeks to change the world by inspiring those you meet with world-changing ideas. The problem is, you keep picking the wrong people.	2
[WP] No character in a story is ever smarter than the author of that story. Intelligence is signaled by the author using tricks (such as obfuscating how a problem is solved, or by simply telling us how good the character is). The character of your story is sick of this.	2

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