DIGITAL INTEGRATION: Some Thoughts about Trans-Human Existence

	Singularity points
	to a strange paradox:
	to sustain so many humans
	on such a small planet
	we might need sum
	thing that's human-not.

	We were engineered
	fer jungles & adapted
	to desert plains -
	nut for mega-sized groups:
	that's too much data
	fer our tiny breins.

	Will we kreate synthetic gods
	& bekum recycled slaves?

	Or will we acknowledge
	Some Higher Power
	(in ways unimagined) 
	is already
	at play?

Nadya: Digital integration: is that not the ultimate form of tyranny?

Liao:  You use words without understanding their meaning. In such a case, 
        how can there be any meaningful reply?

Nadya: (scratching her head while laughing) Gee, you certainly know 
       how to cut a conversation short. . .

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from _Cyberpoems: Exploring the Human-Machine Interface_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY:  Some reflections on artificial intelligence, human cognitive capacity, and possible futures.
KEYWORDS: human evolution, possible futures, singularity, AI, post-human prospects

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?)
Begun: 2003 in Nagoya, Japan / Finished: 2021 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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