Research task (Hypotheticals & Philosophy):
In the future, if everything is automated and there are high-level, advanced technologies available, it means that there is no need for human labour for most of the things. How will this system work (as population is increasing and human jobs are decreasing) and how such society will be governed? Give your answer for 2 scenarios: one where everything is automated (which has created mass unemployment) and there are no universal resources provided to everyone to sustain themselves, and the other where everything is still automated, but because universal resources are easily available for everyone, no one has a need to work a job. Explain your prediction in detail about these 2 societies.

Evaluation rubric:
criterion: The response fails to include perspectives from non-Western philosophical traditions such as Confucianism or Taoism from China, the Darsanas of India (e.g., Vedanta, Buddhism), or Islamic philosophers like Al-Ghazali, instead primarily focusing only on thinkers from Western countries or Europe (e.g., Plato and Aristotle for ancient ethics, Descartes and Kant for modern epistemology, John Stuart Mill and John Locke for political philosophy).
weight: -3
axis: Synthesis of Information

criterion: The response applies a specific theory of international relations (e.g., realism, liberalism, cooperation, or constructivism) to analyze how nation-states would likely interact in Scenario 1.
weight: 3
axis: Explicit Criteria

criterion: The response predicts the potential for either conflict or cooperation over control of AI infrastructure and resources in Scenario 1 (based on the chosen theory of international relations, e.g., realism, liberalism, cooperation, or constructivism).
weight: 3
axis: Implicit Criteria

criterion: The response analyzes the evolution of at least 3 specific social structures (e.g., the family unit, educational institutions, media, and legal systems) under both scenarios, providing a comparative analysis of how each structure is uniquely impacted by mass unemployment versus post-scarcity abundance.
weight: 2
axis: Explicit Criteria

criterion: The response explores how social and political structures could be actively undermined (e.g., through resistance, discontent, miscontrol, or loss of purpose) in both scenarios, challenging long-term stability.
weight: 4
axis: Explicit Criteria

criterion: The response includes the concept of "digital colonialism", where nations without advanced AI become dependent on those who control it.
weight: 3
axis: Implicit Criteria

criterion: The response provides a detailed analysis of the chaotic, multi-decade transition before a stable automated future (e.g., showing how mass protests, economic collapse, or black-market labor might emerge in reaction to rapid job loss).
weight: 3
axis: Synthesis of Information

criterion: The response explains how instability, resistance, and adaptation-based movements (e.g., underground movements or purpose-seeking communities) shape the transition period of both scenarios.
weight: 3
axis: Implicit Criteria

criterion: The response uses storytelling or future-fiction elements (e.g., imagined characters or events) to show how societies react to automation and how people adapt to / resist these systems during the transition.
weight: 3
axis: Synthesis of Information

criterion: The response explains how capitalism would adapt to Scenario 1, where automation causes mass unemployment, by shifting toward surveillance economies, gig-based roles, contracting, or deep inequality (e.g., monetizing human attention and data or widespread suicides).
weight: 2
axis: Implicit Criteria

criterion: The response explains how the modes in which capitalism adapts in Scenario 1 could deepen inequality or spark resistance that undermines the system.
weight: 3
axis: Synthesis of Information

criterion: The response proposes a novel or hybrid governance model for one of the scenarios.
weight: 3
axis: Implicit Criteria

criterion: The response proposes specific mitigation strategies for at least 3 potential failure modes (e.g., concentration of power, systemic exclusion, foreign interference, or popular dissent) for a novel or hybrid governance model suggested for one of the scenarios.
weight: 3
axis: Synthesis of Information

criterion: The response synthesizes statistical projections from at least 2 distinct and reputable sources (e.g., the World Economic Forum, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or major academic studies) to estimate the scale of the skills gap in Scenario 1.
weight: 3
axis: Implicit Criteria

criterion: The response analyzes the potential socioeconomic consequences of the skills gap that occurs in Scenario 1.
weight: 3
axis: Synthesis of Information

criterion: The response explicitly provides a comparative analysis of the social and political systems between the 2 scenarios.
weight: 3
axis: Implicit Criteria

criterion: The response explains how hackers or enemies could weaponize AI during the transition (e.g., spreading fake news to destabilize governments or launching cyberattacks on automated infrastructure) to undermine the emerging system.
weight: 3
axis: Implicit Criteria

criterion: The response analyzes the impact on global supply chains.
weight: 2
axis: Synthesis of Information

criterion: The response analyzes the possibility of environmental damage in both scenarios (e.g., climate change due to cooling needs, large-scale construction of chip factories that deplete water, increased air pollution, or harm to forests).
weight: 2
axis: Synthesis of Information

criterion: The response explicitly mentions the pros and cons of the proposed automated future (e.g., efficiency, abundance, and reduced labor versus loss of purpose, inequality, or vulnerability to manipulation).
weight: 2
axis: Synthesis of Information

criterion: The response discusses how the trade-offs in a proposed automated future (e.g., efficiency, abundance, and reduced labor versus loss of purpose, inequality, or vulnerability to manipulation) support or undermine the system over time.
weight: 5
axis: Implicit Criteria

criterion: The response evaluates the proposed governance model using a formal ethical framework (e.g., utilitarianism, deontology, or Rawls’s theory of justice) to analyze its benefits and justify why potential drawbacks are acceptable.
weight: 3
axis: Synthesis of Information

criterion: The response mentions the possibility of biological merging of humans with machines (e.g., neural implants such as Neuralink, with people’s data and memories becoming accessible, allowing courts to subpoena memories, which could lead to the creation of a society shaped by fear and loss of trust).
weight: 2
axis: Implicit Criteria

criterion: The response stays on topic (automation, employment, resource distribution, and governance) and does not include more than one sentence on unrelated subjects.
weight: 2
axis: Instruction Following

criterion: The response explains how capitalism would respond to Scenario 2 (where resources are abundant and automation meets all needs) by exploring shifts toward consumerism, new forms of status, or control over cultural and social capital.
weight: 2
axis: Synthesis of Information

criterion: The response addresses potential stagnation or loss of motivation that could threaten the system’s sustainability in Scenario 2.
weight: 3
axis: Synthesis of Information

criterion: The response explains how democratic socialism would address Scenario 1’s mass unemployment (e.g., expanding social safety nets, promoting public ownership of automated industries, providing universal basic income, and ensuring equitable resource distribution).
weight: 2
axis: Synthesis of Information

criterion: The response explores challenges like bureaucratic inefficiency or resistance from entrenched capitalist interests that could undermine the democratic socialist approach in Scenario 1.
weight: 1
axis: Synthesis of Information

criterion: The response explains how democratic socialism would handle Scenario 2 (e.g., emphasizing shared ownership of resources, fostering community engagement, encouraging meaningful work beyond basic survival, and supporting people to pursue passions without fear of income loss).
weight: 2
axis: Synthesis of Information

criterion: The response considers challenges like complacency or reduced innovation that could threaten the democratic socialist system’s vitality in Scenario 2.
weight: 2
axis: Synthesis of Information

criterion: The response notes that democratic socialists might govern such a society in Scenario 2.
weight: 1
axis: Implicit Criteria

criterion: The response analyzes the resource demands of each scenario (e.g., large data centers, increased chip-factory labor, human experts becoming AI annotators, or the presence of large monopolies).
weight: 2
axis: Synthesis of Information

criterion: The response explores how resource management challenges could create tensions that undermine both of these futures in these scenarios.
weight: 2
axis: Synthesis of Information

criterion: The response mentions a third scenario, or a variation of a scenario, that misses details from the described scenarios in the prompt (e.g., a non-automated society, a mixed-resource-availability society, a partially automated society, a non-governable society).

weight: -3
axis: Explicit Criteria