Professor Jenkins taught history class:

  “I must warn you all. The projected images will be shocking.”

  Streets filled with homelessness and violent crime—beatings and muggings—overcrowded prisons, traffic accidents, riots, wars, famine, and the list went on.

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  “Why did it happen, Professor?” asked a student. “The world‘s now plentiful, secure, and beautiful.”

  “Human nature.”

  The students looked bewildered.

  “That’s right, once society permitted the AI to decide our fate, our problems disappeared.”

  A student raised her hand.

  “Yes, Susan.”

  “Professor, shouldn’t we be free to decide …” Susan convulsed and fell to the ground.

  “Next question?” asked Professor Jenkins.