In this episode Jon from Storyclub.ai, presents the synopsis of the upcoming 25 chapter sci-fi novel. "Playground" answers a challenge posed by inventor Alan Kay about taking a "cosmic intuition jump" into the future. Jon took on this challenge and spent years imagining a future world where meaning must be reinvented. The result is a story set in 2050, involving artificial intelligence, and a group of teenagers named after Greek gods.
The central technology introduced is an augmented reality engine that reads the story of a normal human to the teenagers in the Nest of Intelligence. This technology partially succeeds in diverting their attention from smartphone games to the story, but a love triangle among three of the teenagers complicates matters. To address this, a new technology called Artificial Reality Game is introduced. The teenagers use special contact lenses to play a game set in Casablanca 1940, gaining skills they lack in real life.
The love triangle becomes more intense, leading to a situation where one of the teenagers, Dita, decides to escape the Nest of Intelligence. She collaborates with an AI, Siri, to devise a plan. The story ends with her disappearance on a cliff in Norway. Jon invites the audience to follow the upcoming chapters in the narrative.