WHERE ANGELS DARE TO TRED
Immortality? Eternal life as a God? It's not for humans, at least, not yet. On the other hand, it's a growing possibility for intelligent robots. I found a recent article in BBC World News about robot scientists at University of Liverpool able to work non-stop throughout lockdown more than intriguing. Yes, more than intriguing, because, I assume that given the ability to self-repair (see yesterday's post), it could go on working on a vaccine for COVID-19 even after the world's humans are no more, God forbid. I can imagine in my fertile brain, just such a robot scientist all alone in the world, continuing to work on development of the vaccine...forever...even after the purpose is long gone. An odd sort of immortality. An even odder sort of God, don't you think? Discovered by another form of intelligent life millennia later, what would they think of us, given what they would know about our God?
First, if the robotic scientist is self-learning and self-reprogramming, it is likely no one could intuit what and how it thinks. It would indeed seem a "real" God.
Second, it's dedication to finding a solution to a problem that no longer exists could be interpreted to suggest it is a foolish, or at best, quirky God. On the other hand, it could equally be interpreted as wise beyond everything, in that it is working diligently on a problem that has yet to challenge a life form that has yet to appear. Wise, like a "real" God.
On the other hand, after some time, the scientist robot might solve the vaccine problem and, out of curiosity or sheer boredom, begin investigating something else, eventually becoming a "whole person," a singular God, with a compelling interest in re-creating the life form for which it did it's initially programmed work.
My dear friend and eminent thriller author, A. G. Hayes picks up on this discussion where it seemingly ends in this post in 68 VIA CONDOTTI - ETERNITY LTD (Savant 2020), which I plan to continue in the sequel to THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020).
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robot Image by rony michaud from Pixabay
First, if the robotic scientist is self-learning and self-reprogramming, it is likely no one could intuit what and how it thinks. It would indeed seem a "real" God.
Second, it's dedication to finding a solution to a problem that no longer exists could be interpreted to suggest it is a foolish, or at best, quirky God. On the other hand, it could equally be interpreted as wise beyond everything, in that it is working diligently on a problem that has yet to challenge a life form that has yet to appear. Wise, like a "real" God.
On the other hand, after some time, the scientist robot might solve the vaccine problem and, out of curiosity or sheer boredom, begin investigating something else, eventually becoming a "whole person," a singular God, with a compelling interest in re-creating the life form for which it did it's initially programmed work.
My dear friend and eminent thriller author, A. G. Hayes picks up on this discussion where it seemingly ends in this post in 68 VIA CONDOTTI - ETERNITY LTD (Savant 2020), which I plan to continue in the sequel to THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020).
THE EDGE OF MADNESS is now available at 10% off Suggested Retail Price using "ONLINE" at checkout with free delivery within the USA including Alaska and Hawaii from the following Savant booktores:
Savant Bookstore Honolulu
Savant Bookstore Pacific
Savant Bookstore Midwest
Savant Bookstore Atlantic
robot Image by rony michaud from Pixabay
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