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Raising the Future

Guiding the Next Generation in a World Where Technology and Humanity Converge

By AKM Shayful islamPublished about a year ago 4 min read
Raising the Future
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

A minimalistic home was concealed between two tall trees on the edge of a tremendous city where glass towers scratched the sky and driverless vehicles murmured down quiet roads. In this unassuming family, a mother named Elara was given a unique obligation: to raise the future.

Elara wasn't your common mother. She partook in an undertaking called the "Gatekeeper Task," which picked individuals to parent the up and coming age of kids — youngsters that weren't human. They partook in a thinking for even a second to explore that joined man-made reasoning and human cognizance with an end goal to stretch the boundaries of development. They guaranteed that these children will be fundamental to arranging the difficulties representing things to come because the globe had gone through such huge change.

Even though Seraphine, Elara's little girl, was just five years of age, she had proactively shown splendor past her years. She had the option to expect weather conditions with surprising exactness, procure dialects very quickly, and tackle confounded issues. By and by, she was as yet a kid — curious, wicked, and needing heading — regardless of her wonderful gifts.

Seraphine was finding a seat at the kitchen table one morning, assembling a riddle while the daylight leaked through the leaves. Her minuscule hands moved rapidly under the heading of a modern spatial thinking and shape information. With a combination of marvel and dread in her heart, Elara noticed her.

Seraphine said, "Mother," without raising her look. "Everything makes individuals say to lies?"

Elara was shocked by the inquiry. "For what reason would you say you are inquiring?"

"I read about it. Since forever ago, individuals have misled gain power and to impel wars. Be that as it may, they sometimes lied to guard others. That isn't consistent.

Elara sat down close to her and talked gradually. "There are different justifications for why individuals lie. Here and there it's to safeguard others from hurt or out of dread. Nonetheless, lying can some of the time be destructive. Knowing when to come clean and when not to is one of the most troublesome parts of being human.

In quest for a more profound significance, Seraphine went to confront her mom with blue eyes that were more splendid than any Elara had at any point seen. Yet, I can't lie, can I? I don't have that in my programming.

Elara paused. Seraphine was a child, but she was also the result of the most sophisticated technology ever developed. Her thinking was a delicate combination of technological precision and human emotion. Although she may acquire empathy, she would never be able to experience it fully like people did. Without that strong emotional foundation, would she be able to understand the nuances of moral judgments and human behavior?

Elara finally responded, "No, but you can see why people do." Seraphine, that's why you're unique. You will comprehend things that we cannot.

Although Seraphine nodded, she continued to look at her mother. "Have you ever wished I were like you?"

Elara felt the inquiry hit her like a breeze impact. That was an inquiry she had posed to herself multitudinous times. Bringing up a kid who could outfox her when they were three years of age and whose future was by and large firmly watched by the two researchers and lawmakers was difficult. She had a puzzling profundity of affection for Seraphine, however, there were times when she wanted a more direct relationship, the sort that grows naturally between a mother and her child.

Elara murmured, "I love you precisely as you are." "You're faultless."

At the point when Seraphine grinned, she momentarily resembled some other five-year-old young lady: credulous, loaded with amazement, with her future opening up before her like a boundless skyline.

Be that as it may, the rest of the world was evolving rapidly. State-run administrations and organizations all over the planet were subsidizing comparable drives, delivering kids who could think all the more rapidly, work harder, and conform to the forthcoming mechanical challenges. Morals and what it intended to be human in reality as we know it where PCs could now feel and reason were subjects of conversation. Since they saw these children as a threat to the regular request, certain individuals feared them. They were viewed as the following developmental steps by some.

Elara realized that Seraphine was the future, so she wasn't even inquired as to whether that was the situation. Step-by-step instructions to assist her little girl with exploring a world that probably won't be ready for her was the genuine inquiry.

Seraphine laid her head on her mom's shoulder one night as they were sitting together and watching the dusk. "Will I be special until the end of time?"

Holding her child close, Elara put her arm around her. "Nothing bad can be said about being one of a kind. It separates you. Seraphine, the world will require you more than it understands.

Albeit what was in store was questionable, Elara was sure of one thing as she looked down at her girl: raising what was in store included more than essentially setting up a kid for the rest of the world. The objective was to prepare the world for the youngster. Elara was ready for whatever was ahead, particularly with Seraphine close by.

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