This scenario was contributed by participants at Foresight Institute's 2023 Existential Hope day:Â https://foresight.org/foresight-existential-hope-day-2023/
Midjourney is an independent research lab that produces an artificial intelligence program under the same name that creates images from textual descriptions, similar to OpenAI's DALL-E and Stable Diffusion.
This is an Xhope scenario of a world where technology, particularly Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and clean energy, have enabled an abundance of material resources and longevity. This abundance allows for greater cooperation and respect among individuals and communities, leading to a more meaningful existence. AGI-assisted humans are able to align with their individual meanings, and may even form symbiotic relationships with AI, joining aligned communities of meaning. AI serves as a mediator for these communities, which thrive in a Pareto-optimal utopia where everyone benefits. Solarpunk communities exemplify this future, where humans and AI cooperate in a world of abundance and shared meaning.