The Altern is no utopia. Just as in our reality the Altern is home to an underbelly that caters to baser human nature. If there is a desire there is a supplier. Sex sells, addictions mold model consumers, trafficking in the illegal and illicit is very big business. The main difference from our reality is that in the Altern these shady if not criminal empires are not controlled by unscrupulous and misogynistic men, but by women.
The -8s, or hyphen8s, are the early adopters, the canaries in the coal mines of bleeding edge tech. They drove the digital revolution and the digitization of the financial industry. Mainstream corporations followed at a respectable distance in that very profitable wake.
The core of the -8s push for a FabulAI Pyramid is in deregulation or finding creative new ways to escape the notice of governing bodies. They also hope to use AI to further customize and monetize addictive tech content. Profit and expansion of its markets are their primary interests.
The -8s, or hyphen8s, are the early adopters, the canaries in the coal mines of bleeding edge tech. They drove the digital revolution and the digitization of the financial industry. Mainstream corporations followed at a respectable distance in that very profitable wake.
The core of the -8s push for a FabulAI Pyramid is in deregulation or finding creative new ways to escape the notice of governing bodies. They also hope to use AI to further customize and monetize addictive tech content. Profit and expansion of its markets are their primary interests.