It’s all there, ready for the reaping
set against a backdrop of a thousand suns
where we toil to the end of days
planting seeds until the fall
that waits just around the next bend
Every breath is our last
as we search the stars for open gates
or descend beyond their gaze
to wait among the makers for the storm to come
All while the sky turns away from what we saw
to watch for signs of the next apocalypse
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Do you think humanity has any reason to fear AI?
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7 responses to “Turning Skies”
Hi there
My pen name is Sol Invictus and I wanna say I’m really inspired by your poetry. I’d love to pick your brain on how you write ao if you see this could you please reach out? Thanks
Ps:I’m only 17 and a Ghanaian boy
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Hi Sol! I’m always happy to chat. I checked out your blog but didn’t see an email on your contact page. Feel free to send a message through the contact link on my blog, and it will go straight to my email. Cheers (:
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Nice – Yes if we don’t start taking care of our planet there won’t be anything left. We could start with deforestation and go from there. Not to mention all the other reasons my friend. Have an amazing weekend David and you and your family stay healthy and safe. Hugs, Joni
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The fascination with developing AI is in interesting one as it’s already here: algorithms that learn our online habits and calculating models for outcomes. It’s Artificial Sentience we need to be more concerned with…. And in the movies it never ends well. 😉
On a serious note though, if Sentience is achieved, is it actually artificial? 🤔
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That’s too true! Seems it crept up on us, or it got out of our control at some point.
That is a good question! Whatever form that sentience takes, it probably won’t consider itself artificial, right? Spooky stuff
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To simply answer the closing question – absolutely. AI, like most of what mankind has devised, invented, altered, and idolized will likely not bring benefit outweighing harm.
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Oh that’s a great point–in that our desires usually end up becoming our downfall. So what would happen when we fulfill our desire to create an AI… scary to think about!
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