Welcome to Detroit, 2064, New technology and decreasing regulation on Corporate activities has lead the united states into an economic boom, The blight that had consumed the city of Detroit is being replaced by skyscrapers and new manufacturing facilities. Amongst the shiny new city under construction old social problems rear an ugly head. Machines have replaced many human jobs and the "working class" has suffered, while many have moved on to other jobs many people didn't adapt and where left in the dust. While standards of living are higher across the board, many people are underprivilaged compared to peers. Some of these people have turned to a life of crime. Some have become terrorists.
The Hero Intitiative was founded in 2018 as a response to terror attacks that had become more common, They were a global social network that alerted vigilantes of situations so that they could help stop it, with greater funding they eventually became more capable, Having access to vehicles and new technologies beyond that of the average person. The Hero Initiative expanded beyond terrorism to combat many kinds of problems. Many Hero initiative operations were humanitarian in nature, but sometimes they infiltrated governments or corporations or even conducted assassinations (which sometimes did not go over well) As the city of Detroit is rebuilt, the Hero Initiative works to defend the innocent against The Gangs and Terrorist organizations.
The 21st century saw the advent of many new technologies.
Artificial Intelligence: It is hard to say when the first True AGI emerged but it was sometime in 2020s, since then Artificial intelligence has advanced in leaps and bounds. Artificial intelligence comes in many forms. But a basic classification is as follows.
Weak AI type 1: Incapable of making its own decisions, usually pre-programmed, requires commands in order to function.
Weak AI Type 2: Has the ability to make limited decisions but is highly specialized, it has one thing which it can do better than a human but lacks most skills and mental faculties humans take for granted
Hard AI type 1: while mentally comparable to a skilled human, Type 1 Hard AI still require some supervision, while they have free will they also have directives they must follow. as Hard AIs are capable of learning they might eventually learn to circumvent these directives becoming type 2 AI
Hard AI type 2: a learning AI that has grown beyond its programming, Type 2 Hard AIs are sentient free-willed beings, for best results Type 2s often get software patches for emotions and empathy if they did not possess these before (many of them do possess empathy even before becoming type 2s) Type 2s, while capable of adapting to different professions like humans, often choose to continue the job they had before but do it more self-sufficiently without needing any human help. Many Companies Pay Type 2s the same way they would an employee
Hard AI Type 3: type 3s are born with less constraint, an artificial mind born as an almost blank slate. They are kinda like children, they tend to learn faster but might grow up to become anything. Its fairly common for Type 2 AIs to raise type 3s like a human would a child.
Cybernetics: Cybernetics has been around for a long time but now it has become almost mainstream. Cybernetics can replace lost functions (prosthetics) or add/improve function (augmentation) Cybernetics is fairly expensive some degree of augmentation is covered under many companies Health plans. The most common augmentation is the Neural Interface, a useful brain augmentation that bridges the gap between man and machine. various peripherals are designed for use with the neural interface, usually these are worn like clothing and can be removed. These peripherals become essentially parts of the Cyborg when worn, a neural interface computer can be accessed almost as if it were part of the users own mind, a vehicle driven with a neural interface becomes an extention of the driver. Neural interfaces often come with a bunch of other functions as well, such as electronic telepathy.
Energy: Fusion power has gradually overtaken coal as the dominant power source, Electric Cars have become far more efficient and easy to use. another common power method is biosolar, using cybernetic plants to gain solar energy.
Would anyone be interested in playing in this world?
