To understand how AI will reconfigure humanity, try this German fairytale
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- The Fisherman and His Wife fairytale warns against excessive wishes, leading to downfall.
- Modern 'enchanted fish' like AI grant wishes instantly, changing creativity and human interaction.
- Future generations may face emptiness from easy wish fulfillment, leading to decadence, artificial challenges, or guilt.
- Guilt becomes a binding force, making individuals restrict themselves in the name of ecological or societal responsibility.
- Fairytales traditionally guide coming of age, but modern Ilsebills may lose the freedom to answer life's big questions themselves.