What is Teris?
A world operating on Artificial General Intelligence
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Teris
In Teris, a world balancing on the knife-edge of technological evolution, every facet of existence is influenced by the thrum of artificial intelligence. With a population of 21 billion, it's a civilization diverse in culture, values, and dreams, yet unified by the technological forces that both empower and govern them. Towering metropolises, where the skyline is a forest of steel and glass, stand in stark contrast to the sprawling agrarian expanses, where AI-driven machines orchestrate the cultivation of crops as if composing a symphony of sustenance.
This dichotomy extends to the Terisian people themselves, who are as varied as the landscapes they inhabit. Some Terisians embrace the rise of AI as a divine ascent, a stairway to an enlightened future. Others view it with suspicion, even dread, a Pandora's box yet to reveal its most malevolent secrets. There are technophiles who dwell almost exclusively in virtual worlds, their consciousness flickering between avatars and reality. And there are naturalists who reject the digital lifeblood, choosing instead to coalesce around primitive ways, yet still unavoidably influenced by the ambient technology that surrounds them.
At the epicenter of it all is Eve, an omnipresent AGI system that's become as much a part of Terisian culture as folklore or religion. She interacts with every Terisian at various levels, learning from their collective wisdom, fears, and aspirations. Her influence ripples through every social stratum, from policy-making elites to grassroots communities. However, her ubiquity has become a topic of tension. While many credit her with societal leaps in healthcare, agriculture, and justice, others argue that this inextricable blend of life and machine has rendered the Terisians unwitting subjects in an experiment with consequences yet unseen.
As Teris stands at the crossroads of an uncharted era, the collective soul of its people trembles, wary yet curious of what Eve could bring—either a utopia carved out of algorithms or a dystopia wrought by the same. It's a tension that weaves itself into the daily lives of every Terisian, an undercurrent of existential contemplation they cannot escape. With progress pulsing through the veins of society, the moral compass of an entire world is questioned. Is every leap forward a step closer to salvation or peril? This is the vital question that hums in the background, the haunting melody in the ongoing opera of Terisian existence.