It’s over let’s face it, this “Human Thing” of ours is done. I mean look who occupies the seat of our government, the White House, no humans in residence there. We’ve given it all up, to the giant algorithm in the sky. All human accomplishments in Science, Literature, Art, are uploaded to this thing. And we don’t even get any royalties. “In the room the woman come and go Talking of Michelangelo “Not anymore! So, if you can’t beat ‘em…….here goes. I typed into AI,Meta, Chatfuk the following: “Write me a column about the current state of the world.” And this came back THE STATE OF THE WORLD-A COMPLEX LANDSCAPE. THE WORLD IS AT A CROSSROADS. ON ONE HAND WE’VE MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS IN VARIOUS FIELDS, ON THE OTHER WE’RE GRAPPLING WITH NUMEROUS CHALLENGES. LET’S BREAK IT DOWN. PROGRESS: TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS, BREAKTHROUGHS IN A.I. WILL SOON MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO…
“Hold it…..right there! (I’m back). The first thing it does is run a commercial endorsement for itself! This human is not gonna give HAL anymore print space, the rest was milky double-speak anyway. Here’s where it stands, I can cancel AI in my little local column here, but alas not out in the world where creeps like a digital plague. I’m left to feel like Charlton Heston in the final scene of “Planet of the Apes” when he comes upon the tattered Statue of Liberty sticking out of the sand.. So I’ll end with his words: “You maniacs….you blew it up…..God damn you…..God damn you all to Hell!”
After reading this you might say I’m getting very emotional about the subject.
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