In six words, write a story about a sentient moon.
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An Award-Winning Documentary From the Year 2100
—Geneviève Goggin, via email
Honorable Mentions:
Grand Unification: The First AI Marriage. —Daniel Dippel, via email
The Great Exodus, Goodbye Blue Dot. —@viggy.j, via Instagram
Songless Seas: A Tale Without Whales. —Christopher Jankoski, via email
Beige Planet: Life Finds a Way. —@danaxon, via Twitter
How the Lunar War Was Won. —Bob Clark, via email
Coping With Your AI Overlord's Demands. —@wwliii, via Twitter
The Day The Flowers Stopped Blooming. —@a.c.hachem, via Instagram
Electric Sheep: How AI Changed Us. —@elliottboyd_, via Instagram
After Humans: A New Cockroach Documentary. —@adamrgarcia, via Instagram\
A Story About the Future of Sleep
—Travis Carraro, via Facebook
Honorable Mentions:
The sleep concierge welcomed unsuspecting guests. —@changeist, via Twitter
“Lucid or randomize?” asked the AI. —K Smith-Laird, via email
Alarm in 126 hours 24 minutes. —Odón Esteban Vera, via email
My power nap reached 9 kilowatts. —Markus, via email
Unfortunately, Johnny’s repeatedly missing sleep targets. —Alison Boleyn, via email
Human hibernation allowed Earth to recover. —@amybossehayden, via Instagram
Alert: Error 404. Human not found. —@mimi.psd, via Instagram
Skip the nightmares: Upgrade to premium! —@katerinamunis, via Instagram
Oh please! Sleep is for humanoids. —@evanskopp, via Instagram
A Story About the Future of Personal Hygiene
—David Frank, via Facebook
Honorable Mentions:
“Traffic’s moderate today,” said my deodorant. —Alex Nelson, via email
You can shake my hand, sir. —Kinga Raab, via Facebook