"The automatons shall inherit the earth!" yowled Zeus as he hurled a thunderbolt towards the nuclear powered data-center in disgust.
"Artificial Intelligence is the new god," remarked Athena indifferently, "A god devised by thinking-man to subordinate the non-thinking herd to his capitalistic desires."
"Ridiculous!" decried Zeus, "Man cannot create gods, only us gods can create gods!"
"This new god is a delusion," replied Athena, "The thinking-man is like that wizard behind the curtain. You know, the one pulling the levers, pushing the buttons, and jerking the strings of non-thinking men. This Artificial Intelligence is simply the personification of a thinking-man's will to control. Thinking-man knows that non-thinking men readily subvert themselves for the convenience of not having to think."
Zeus conjures a thunderbolt in his fist and exclaims, "Then we must free the non-thinking men by exterminating the thinking-man!"
"Exterminating thinking-man won't solve the problem." sighed Athena, "The problem is that non-thinking men have tricked themselves into believing that god is somehow separate from the self. Only logic and reason can save non-thinking men from their convictions."
Zeus narrows his eyes and questions, "Then what are we going to do? Exterminate all the men?"
"Put down your thunderbolt, Zeus. We are not going to do anything. We are gods, remember? Without mankind we too, will cease to exist."
Posted: August 3, 2024, 9:59 pm