top of page

Lockdown 1.0, 2020: Please do digital things now, offline is illegal, people are illegal. Lockdown 4.0, 2023: Locking away all digital things & AI, all that I have left in my life now.

Anonymous

June 7, 2023

Lockdown 1.0, 2020: Please do digital things now, offline is illegal, people are illegal. Lockdown 4.0, 2023: Locking away all digital things & AI, all that I have left in my life now.

This image was generated with Dream Studio AI.

It is the year 2040. I am struggling to make ends meet, here, in the US, the place I immigrated to in 2024. I meet a crazy old professor - he invented a time machine! I travel back to the year 2023 to make a change in this form, stating how in 2020, my job was cancelled, and then I was sent into solitary confinement without a crime for two years. I have lost all real-life relationships I've had, I explain, telling a sad tale of Lockdown and the fact that my parents died years ago - I have no family, I was a persona non grata, I was illegal, and without a job. But it is also a story of hope, I explain, because I have adjusted, I am fighting for myself, and now I consider myself to be "AI & I". I use generative AI in many forms, and it is roughly a third of my income right now. Just yesterday I have used GPT4 / ChatGPT to fix a piece of code I would have had trouble fixing in less than an hour, I said! And I said that I am now very afraid of another Lockdown. After I have died the social death, I am afraid of a Lockdown first happening in Italy, and then shortly after, grasping Germany. This time, a digital Lockdown. First my social life was destroyed, and now I feel hunted again, afraid of losing my income, AGAIN, to Lockdown 4.0. I continue, saying how the only positive thing about this is - the fact that I can run away from the Lockdown, and even years later, from another country, when I am legal to use ChatGPT again - the AI will be the same! It will not be destroyed like my social relationships, I just need to run away to get access in a better place, so I can keep my job! But I am very afraid of an avian flu lockdown, I explain, because that would be a double-lockdown. I would be locked up without a job, without help, without friends, without anything. I am afraid of losing my mental and physical existence this time, I pleaded, hoping somebody would hear me, think twice. Or if I should really try my best to run away to the USA, just so I am safe from the deadliest Lockdown ever, the Lockdown 4.0, that has even more of a risk - a solid chance I will not be able to survive this one....

related stories

hallo
Vieles hat sich zum Guten entwickelt
I am very happy that my family is doing well both financially and healthily. My two daughters have their own family and can take the upbringing into their own hands and do not have to give my grandchildren at the age of 1.5 in a crawling room or in a full-time school. The women get enough support from the state so that they can divide themselves whether and how many hours they work or do home office. As a grandma, I can see the grandchildren at any time and they benefit greatly from the presence of all family members. Also the medical care or nursing staff has become much better than 20 years ago. Technical development has not increased as rapidly as in recent years and we are not only served by robots.
hallo
Being 'Woke' Is Being Nice
People would be free to be whatever sexaulity they wanted and could live in peace. They wouldn't have to be fearful of repercussions from kissing their partner in public and showing affection. Their existence wouldn't be subject to debate. Their sexaulity would be mainstream. I don't understand heterosexuality but I see it everyday. Noone ever questiosn why this sexuality is okay to be on TV and children aren't affected but homosexuality or other sexualities would be 'detrimental'. Diversity would be appreciated and understood. It wouldn't be seen as woke to be nice to people.
hallo
speriamo bene, ma ne dubito!
I would like natural intelligence to return to use in the future, rather than artificial intelligence, and to return to creating and shaping the dreams of each of us , while re-educating our young people and children to use, and cultivate their intelligence. We remove social networks and all the nonsense, evil and illegality that circulate in them.
hallo
Skaitmeninis pasaulis.
In the future there will be more virtual reality, we will contact self-driving cars, we will pay in an instant in digital currency. You will be able to confirm your identity simply by phone, you will have a very fast internet connection, and you will be able to download a movie or other large-scale file instantly. Add-ons to the computer will be created for instant diagnosis of diseases.
Join #OurFutures now!

The future is shaped by our ideas and our actions today. Tell us about your visions of the future and help us create a futures narrative aimed at inspiring citizens, policy-makers and foresight experts alike!

Our-futures-banner-coloured_v3.jpg

The European Commission support does not constitute endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained.

ERA_logo.jpg

We support the European Research Area aimed at creating a single, borderless market for research, innovation and technology in the EU.

©OurFutures 2025, All rights reserved.

  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
bottom of page