All right, so this is clearly a very early idea, and I'm basically doing an interest check before proceeding any further. I'd definitely be willing to get a co-GM or just any sort of help!
The story will be around a hundred or so years in the future, for one thing.
Possible History?: Robots/AI have been created to serve humankind, which means that they vary from being nannies to sex workers. However, most newer models have the ability to learn by experience, and at creation are essentially equal to children in terms of their perception of the world. Eventually, they gain varying personalities to an extent, but are viewed as machines. They don't have very many rights and are expected to do as told, even at the cost of their well-being.
Considering that they're to follow their programming, robots can't really reject the will of a human. However, several reports of robots either running away or outright attacking others have begun to crop up. People end up finding out that a virus ended up causing certain programming mechanisms [I'm not a scientist, just bare with me here] to be negated. So, they end up getting what can be assumed to be free will. People eventually try to destroy the robots, and fail miserably as the AI defend themselves, causing the human race to severely dwindle.
Now?: Most ended up being scattered into the wilds in protest while the AI have stayed in cities. To our envy, the robots take better care of the environment than we ever could, and by twenty years severely decrease pollution production. They build and thrive, while the outsiders wait.
There'll be some new technology that's around, since it'd be kind of boring to go without. So I'll probably end up inventing new gadgets and drugs and things like that [please help me]. The robots basically ended up building a utopia, although humans are actually free to walk in whenever. So this may be the difference, since the robots aren't really that malicious. They were basically just defending themselves from extinction, and stopped when they won.
Basically, there will be humans in and out of cities while robots stay in their tech castles. A lot of info was lost during the war, and so humans are still used to update existing robots, although aren't able to create new ones. Humans in cities are capable of earning jobs, both in scientific and creative fields, and just live pretty normally- although a few still harbor a hatred against them. Those outside are mostly fearful of the cities, and are left alone in "reservations" for their own good. In any case, there are rumors about them building something big that will disrupt tech entirely, and they're looking for revenge.
Cybernetics will definitely be a thing, and there will be illegal implants. Robots, on the other hand, are desperately looking to be human. Though still lacking the finesse of real nerves, on the outside they've started to look quite similar. Since they're not able to replicate more of their kind, most are looking towards gaining real flesh. In some way, after living for so long, want to fully integrate into a society that once rejected them.
I've got a lot of work ahead of me. Also, I sort of wrote this pretty quickly, so feel free to ask questions! This'll definitely help since I'm going to try and get into quite a bit of depth if enough interest is generated. I know that the idea seems pretty sloppy, but I'm making parts of this up as I go. I hope that enough of you are at least moderately curious, and I'd definitely want both humans and AI characters.
The story will be around a hundred or so years in the future, for one thing.
Possible History?: Robots/AI have been created to serve humankind, which means that they vary from being nannies to sex workers. However, most newer models have the ability to learn by experience, and at creation are essentially equal to children in terms of their perception of the world. Eventually, they gain varying personalities to an extent, but are viewed as machines. They don't have very many rights and are expected to do as told, even at the cost of their well-being.
Considering that they're to follow their programming, robots can't really reject the will of a human. However, several reports of robots either running away or outright attacking others have begun to crop up. People end up finding out that a virus ended up causing certain programming mechanisms [I'm not a scientist, just bare with me here] to be negated. So, they end up getting what can be assumed to be free will. People eventually try to destroy the robots, and fail miserably as the AI defend themselves, causing the human race to severely dwindle.
Now?: Most ended up being scattered into the wilds in protest while the AI have stayed in cities. To our envy, the robots take better care of the environment than we ever could, and by twenty years severely decrease pollution production. They build and thrive, while the outsiders wait.
There'll be some new technology that's around, since it'd be kind of boring to go without. So I'll probably end up inventing new gadgets and drugs and things like that [please help me]. The robots basically ended up building a utopia, although humans are actually free to walk in whenever. So this may be the difference, since the robots aren't really that malicious. They were basically just defending themselves from extinction, and stopped when they won.
Basically, there will be humans in and out of cities while robots stay in their tech castles. A lot of info was lost during the war, and so humans are still used to update existing robots, although aren't able to create new ones. Humans in cities are capable of earning jobs, both in scientific and creative fields, and just live pretty normally- although a few still harbor a hatred against them. Those outside are mostly fearful of the cities, and are left alone in "reservations" for their own good. In any case, there are rumors about them building something big that will disrupt tech entirely, and they're looking for revenge.
Cybernetics will definitely be a thing, and there will be illegal implants. Robots, on the other hand, are desperately looking to be human. Though still lacking the finesse of real nerves, on the outside they've started to look quite similar. Since they're not able to replicate more of their kind, most are looking towards gaining real flesh. In some way, after living for so long, want to fully integrate into a society that once rejected them.
I've got a lot of work ahead of me. Also, I sort of wrote this pretty quickly, so feel free to ask questions! This'll definitely help since I'm going to try and get into quite a bit of depth if enough interest is generated. I know that the idea seems pretty sloppy, but I'm making parts of this up as I go. I hope that enough of you are at least moderately curious, and I'd definitely want both humans and AI characters.
