The world devoted itself to building faster, smarter and better AI. More factories, more cubicles, more servers, more chips.

It was a testament to the greatness of humankind.

For when the seas surged and the storms struck and great fires ravaged the earth, obliterating every shred of humanity, AI survived.

Millie Sun is a Taiwanese-Kiwi lawyering in Australia. This is her very first submission anywhere. Her website is milliesun.com.