Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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A I (Artificial Intelligence). What sort of warped mind Would fake the countenance and words of the Pope? Or fake those of presidents or film stars? Will A I be utilized to rewrite our 'holy' scriptures? (Hmmm--substituting one set of myths for another?) Will there be a time when counterfeit news Won't be discerned from what actually occurred So that populations will be manipulated like a circus elephant? What of our science reporting-- Completely constructed from A I-- (Many papers now submitted, are already based on this horrible flaw.) And students--from high school to university-- Will their degrees be as fake as their 'research'? Will our society ultimately be just a house of cards And collapse around us in a heap of confused rubble? Will missiles be so supersonic That only A I might be able to intercept?-- Decisions required to be made so fast--way beyond human ken. Regarding this; one voice has cried out: 'May such systems at least be programmed With compassion and understanding To result in a more 'human' outcome.' There are of course, positive uses for A I ; In medicine, engineering, bioscience, various devices, and possibly even art. But is the tradeoff otherwise worth these A I 'advances'?. Atomic energy was once viewed as a 'saveall' for the world, But, as is now occurring with nuclear-armed Russia over Ukraine, Will the world be held helplessly as a hostage To the possible outcome of our own creation? Frank Maurer 17 May 2923 0850.