In Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel, society has evolved through science and efficiency into an intelligence-based hierarchy where emotions and individuality are seen as the cause of all conflict and therefore eliminated. It is a scary vision of a perfect future that has no soul, no passion. In a 2020 television series based on the novel, the system is controlled by an artificial intelligence that has plans of her own.

In our world, AI is excelling at jobs that do not involve imagination, such as data analysis. But, when it comes to emotions like empathy and compassion, humans outperform them. 

Should this continue, it can lead to a future contrary to Huxley’s, where emotions, individuality, creativity, passion and humanity are the most important and valuable aspects of life.