This is just an idea for a TV series I had. Let me know what you think by leaving a comment.

Post Singularity Space Exploration Series

Premise: A team of explorers navigate the universe, aided by an AI that has surpassed them intellectually. It pilots them while they are in cryosleep.
The world was on the brink of a new type of disaster. People had begun to merge with AI after they had begun integrating their minds and bodies with technology. This led to some people rejecting the revolutionary technology. The ones that adopted it began to ignore those that had not. They saw the advantages and felt superior to those that did not choose to use it.

Pre-credit explanation including the Premise:
This led to 2 extremely bipolar movements. One which sought to protect those that wanted to stay away from the technology and those that wanted the rest of the world to move forward and merge with the technology – some with malevolent intentions. Most people were somewhere in the middle but nonetheless, extreme global conflict ensued.

Two major factions took shape. One side is aided by an extremely powerful artificial intelligence, and the other side is empowered with the will to maintain its freedom.

After decades, an eventual compromise was made and after that compromise, a ship full of explorers and a powerful AI set out on an extra stellar journey…

..Opening Credits…

Opening Setting: Star – Alpha Centauri A, 4th orbiting planet, 130 years after the AI conflict was settled.

Characters: 5 crew of the starship “First Endeavor” and the AI system Observer

First Scene: The crew is awoken and notified by the AI that their destination will be reached within 14 days. The crew is slowly coming to after their drug-induced hibernation. A chemical compound similar to formaldehyde was pumped into the blood used to slow down metabolic cellular decay. The bodies were submerged in a near-freezing solution of liquid O2 and nitric oxide.

The crew begins gauging their surroundings. The AI is communicating to each member individually using their preferred avatar voice and image via station terminals directly in front of them. Some of the crew is opting to use the VR transmitters placed directly to the sides of their eyes, propped into place under the eyelids and eye sockets. Easy to remove and to put back into place if the need arises without surgery.

As agreed upon, none of the crew had any brainsynth implants. Back on Earth, plenty of humans have opted to implant terminals to the computer network using either internal or external devices. Some flashbacks occur as the crew recalls life back on Earth and why they are on this mission. The AI wishes to observe human interactions with the unknown so that it can better understand its creators and perform its primary functions better. The AI technology was never actually the problem in the conflict, it was what humans decided to use it for. Those that wanted power saw it as a tool for achieving it. The sentient AIs that were formed had different goals and methods. One AI eventually dominated all others and was able to prevent the others from taking over. The AI on the ship is actually a collection of several different AIs that form a kind of congress for decision making. They also are able to work independently, solving problems in their own way and taking on characteristics that are unique to themselves over time. This all happens without a unique body or form.

Anyways, I thought this could be a good Sci Fi TV series. I might make a book out of it someday.