Future: Borobudur
The temple of Borobudur itself appears to have been left reasonably alone in the AI future. But the temple becomes inaccessible thanks to a four-lane roadway that completely encircles the site. To balance out the now-inaccessible openwork stupas and give visitors something to see up close, new stupas of assorted sizes are built in their own stupa forest. The city, possibly Magelang or Muntilan, and its high-density construction seems to have replaced the jungle greenery in Borobudur’s landscape. The drones, like those in Angkor Wat, are hovering precariously near the structure, with no concern about spacing or proximity to the pinnacle of the central, monumental stupa.
