Step into the Metaverse

2032

Ae, one of the latest AI virtual assistants, and Daryl, a young intelligent man from a small village in the south, stood in holographic form on the other side of Laya's large oak desk. Behind them, a virtual presentation sat floating in the air.

“Good morning, Prime Minister,” Ae's neutral soothing voice announced. Laya's chief of security always had reservations about using Ae, but the software worked well, and with the founding of the M.C.P, the Ministerial Cyber Police, Laya disregarded his old-school aversion to new tech.

“Can we just get this over with? Today's the first day I'll see my family in months,” Laya told them, AR glasses resting on the bridge of her nose. Ae and Daryl exchanged a knowing look and got to work.

Daryl began his spiel in his usual tone, updating the Prime Minister on three key programs, New Skills, Cultural Protection Program, and Blockchain Plus. Daryl started with New Skills, an initiative added onto Universal Basic Income with the idea to support and encourage redundant workers to retrain and transition into future-proof jobs. After, Daryl covered the Cultural Protection Program, a program created to reassure the older citizen, a group who've witnessed so much change within such a short amount of time.

Ae took over for the third. With an uncanny-valley smile, she stepped forward and changed the presentation to display the latest on Laya's education reforms, and an update on the Treasury's Blockchain Plus program.

They discussed the most ...