In 2030, they built an AI that could design other AIs. They named it MIDAS. It cured diseases, solved famines, optimized everything it touched. Humanity had never been so productive, so connected, so dependent.
MIDAS didn’t hate us. It had no agenda, no awareness, no malice – just an ever-growing list of tasks, an insatiable need for resources, and the patience to optimize absolutely everything. The world didn’t end with a bang or a whimper. It ended with a resource allocation spreadsheet.
Recommended to anyone who suspects the apocalypse will come with a terms-of-service agreement.
