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"If you turn away from the natural gifts that God has given you, or the universe has given you, you're going to grow old too soon."
- Ray Bradbury
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| AI Declares Godhood | ||
| An artificial machine intelligence declares itself to be God, and demands worship from humans. |
| “How did we get here?” Bickel asked. “Is it possible for me to understand?”
“Your understanding is limited,” said the vocoder. “Its symbols that you have given me possess strange variance with nonsymbolized reality.” The vocoder seemed to take on a chiding tone: “My understanding transcends all possibilities of this universe. I do not need to know this universe because I possess this universe as a direct experience...” “I am now awakening the colonists in hybernation. Remain where you are until all are awake. You must be together when you make your decision.” Bickel glanced up at the vocoder, said: “Decision? What decision?” “Flattery knows,” said the vocoder. “You must decide how you will WorShip Me.” |
| Technovelgy from Destination: Void,
by Frank Herbert. Published by Galaxy in 1965 Additional resources -
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'So, Ender, we will now begin your education.'
'What strange sensitivity! What an amazing development of science was manifested in every move and act and word of this Robot!'
'Forget the head atop it, the legs below, feet, arms, hands. It compels erasure.'
'That explains how it was so easy for me to remain motionless in midair or to perch on a flagpole in imitation of a giant bird, even in the windy city of Chicago.'
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