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- [Female] Reality Films.

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- [Narrator] For decades, science fiction writers

have amazed us and terrorized us

with their portrayal of the world of robots,

the coming army of super intelligent and strong machines

that will help us or hinder us.

From the crazy Daleks of Doctor Who

to the funny and human like androids of Star Trek,

everything has been imagined.

Today, we are living in that future,

age of robots and artificial intelligence.

Today, all those dreams of the past are coming true.

Around the world, scientists, engineers

and software creators

are bringing to life the fantasy world of the films.

Mechanical robots will soon be outdated

with biologically created humanoids

implanted with artificial intelligence

and connected to each other across the globe.

They will self repair,

gather energy from the sun and live forever.

They will be all knowing and all powerful,

like gods that will walk the Earth.

And all the time, we humans are blindly following.

We are walking away from what millions of years

as beings of a natural world

into something so unnatural

that even the science fiction writers will be amazed.

This future world is now inevitable and cannot be stopped.

We have no choice but to be part of it

and so we had better be armed with knowledge

in order to be better prepared for the circumstances.

The greatest brains on Earth today

have warned us about the consequences

of getting this new technology wrong.

They have predicted catastrophe.

Prepare to meet your future now.

To understand where we are heading,

we have to understand the technology.

To help us, we will break it down into two parts,

robotics and artificial intelligence.

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As technology stands today,

a robot or droid, is technically a machine.

At some point in the future,

it is highly likely that this will change

and our super strong intelligent friends or foes

will be genetically created from human DNA

and programmed at the quantum level

but we will move onto that soon.

Robots, at present, are programmed by humans

or even by other computers

to carry out complex tasks automatically.

They can be controlled externally with a device

or via in built processes.

Unlike most science fiction movies,

robots are generally not human like in form.

In fact, they are generally constructed

with no or little aesthetics in mind

and are designed purely for function

in factories and other places of work,

industrial, medical, patient assistance, therapy,

swarm robots, drones and now even nano robots

that can go into the blood stream.

A massive amount of money

is also spent by the military

in creating battle useful robots

that can do all manner of tasks

from bomb disposal to carrying heavy loads.

Increasingly low and in line

with the rise of artificial intelligence

robots are now being made in humanoid form.

This helps them to appear more intelligent

and on our own level.

Some find this less stressful.

Others find it more terrifying.

The sheer amount of money and effort

to get to this place in time and technology

is awe inspiring.

No one man has created the robot.

It takes hundreds of people

to design each small piece.

Hundreds more in the engineering or construction.

And hundreds more for the software engineers

to create programs to move arms and legs

for senses such as sight, sound and even smell.

Language skills, awareness of surroundings,

task routines, and so much more

all have to be taken into account.

The process is huge, costly and time consuming

and yet some would say

that if we were to put half of the effort

into ending poverty in the world and the environment

we would all be better off already.

But that aside, it is a massive step in human ingenuity.

Whether it proves to be bad or good is yet to be seen.

At present, the benefits are there for all to see.

Menial tasks can now be taken care of in the workplace

freeing up people.

Dangerous tasks in difficult environments

such as nuclear power stations

are now carried out by robots.

An increasingly clever part of robotics

is the use of knowledge gained from nature,

copying the way birds fly or caterpillars walk

have all helped provide us

with robots that work better and more efficiently.

These are known as bio inspired robotics.

But all of this is actually not new.

Automata have actually been around for thousands of years,

ancient civilizations created them

to amuse the rich and powerful

in the shape of humans and animals.

Over time, these mechanical devices were adopted

to help mankind in more practical ways

until eventually electricity and computer technology

enabled us to get to where we are today.

The very first use of the term robot

came about in a play from 1920

by Czech writer Capek.

The first truly electronic device

was created by British inventor,

William Grey Walter in 1948.

The first programmable robot

came six years later

and was named Unimate.

It was simply used to lift hot metal

from dye casting machines

at the Inland Fisher Guide Plant

at General Motors in New Jersey.

Today, robots have replaced hundreds of thousands of humans

performing repetitive or dangerous tasks

and even tasks no humans could actually perform

such as in space or under the sea.

Robots have found their way to the bottom of the ocean

and even into space.

But all of this has caused problems

and these are set to become internationally problematic

on a much larger scale.

Many in society see the rise of the machine as a threat

bringing mass unemployment

as they replace more and more skilled workers.

In the military, there is a heated debate

about the use of robots to actually fight battles

instead of humans

and all the ethical questions that arise

from giving such power and intelligence

to fighting machine.

This is not science fiction,

this is actually happening today

but things are about to get even more bizarre

because the next stage in robotic evolution

mirrors our own even more closely.

The use of genetically creating the perfect android

from our own DNA.

DNA carries all the genetic information

about who and what we are.

It is us.

It is all living organisms.

It is made up of two strands of DNA molecules

folded into a spiral we call the double helix.

Genes are made from different sequences in these strands

of the four main genetic components.

It's kind of like a very complex form of binary.

Scientists can now not only read the code of DNA

they can manipulate it,

bend the spirals and encode data into it.

At the moment, the law does not allow them to go too far

but the art is all under review

at the very highest levels.

Because scientists can now manipulate DNA

in such remarkable ways that go beyond its original purpose,

all manner of opportunities arise.

DNA based materials are now being used

to create nano robots

that can carry precise levels of drugs

to diseased cells in the human body.

This is DNA created in the form of a barrel of two hulls

with a hinge.

When the cells recognize diseased cells,

the hinges open.

The barrel undelivers its cargo of drugs

directly into the bad cell.

Healthy cells are therefore unharmed.

Researchers have even designed nanothermometers

that are ultrasensitive

and can find tiny hotspots in living cells.

These are created using loops of DNA

that act as switches by folding and unfolding

when the temperature changes.

It is this precise invention

of using DNA to create minute switches

that has changed things

because DNA structures can actually be used

as a kind of on and off switch.

In fact, it becomes like a computer

using binary information.

Scientists have now created DNA nanorobots

that can now communicate with each other

using DNA switches.

These nano DNA robots

were then implanted into a cockroach

and this allowed them to create a biological computer.

Testing on humans is planned.

We touched on earlier about how from the very beginning

robotics has copied the natural world.

Now through the understanding of DNA,

scientists can create genetic robots

from the actual animal's DNA itself

and reprogram it.

This can happen at the nano scale.

An example is how plants and animals

convert solar energy or light into chemical energy

through photosynthesis.

Scientists copied this process

and manipulated DNA to capture light and convert the energy.

Imagine a genetic robot

that is its own solar panel.

Imagine DNA light catching and converting molecules

being built into almost anything,

super efficient, abundant sources of energy.

Imagine a genetically cloned and reprogrammed humanoid robot

with a constant energy source

self repairing, always learning.

All it needs now is true artificial intelligence

and this is where the world is suddenly

becoming more and more interesting.

Artificial intelligence also known as simply AI

is intelligence exhibited by machines

whether mechanical or genetic.

To scientists, AI is any device

that can perceive its own environment

and take action within it.

To the rest of us, AI is when a machine becomes so clever

that we can no longer tell

whether it is machine or human.

It must be aware, have cognitive functions such as learning

and solve problems.

Over time, the idea of what AI is has been changing.

It was once thought that optical character recognition

was a sign of intelligence.

Now however, even mobile phone apps can recognize characters

and yet a mobile phone is not artificially intelligent.

In this way, items are slowly being removed

from the list of what artificial intelligence is.

Eventually it is thought

there will be nothing left on the list

and we will truly have AI.

As it stands, scientists are working on various elements

to tick off the list,

understanding human speech,

driverless cars, planes and trains,

playing strategy games and military simulations

and the interpretation of complex data.

All of these elements are now within reach

or have been achieved.

The understanding of complex data

has already put thousands of people out of work

in banks and other businesses.

Driverless trucks and cars will do the same.

The world of AI is very complicated

and is divided into various elements.

Each element focuses on its known field

and it is hoped one day,

they will all join up to create the perfect

artificially intelligent mind.

The main issues at the moment

are the abilities to reason,

to gain true knowledge,

to plan, understand and speak natural languages,

perception of the environment

and the ability to move and manipulate things within it.

There are a variety of methods

being used to get around these issues.

Statistical and complex computation,

computer learning form our actions and more.

All of the methods will most likely be used

to eventually generate true AI mind

but it is problematic.

Computer learning from humans has caused problems,

racism and even violence have been picked up

as a normal part of human behavior

and AI started to do the same.

This is what happens

when pure mathematical, statistical,

logical learning is used.

After all, how do you write down in mathematics

things such as compassion and empathy?

A lot of humans don't have such things

so how do we program them into robots?

The answer may very well lay

within the DNA genetic future humanoid

and not the mechanical chip in gear version.

It may also lay within the realm

of quantum computer technology

implanted within DNA

and an artificial biological brain

placed within a mechanical structure.

At the moment, researchers are keen to teach the AI brain

computer science and mathematics

but also philosophy, psychology and neuroscience

in the hope that it will begin to understand itself.

It was claimed that human intelligence

could be precisely described in mathematical terms

and therefore a machine would be able to simulate it.

That idea has turned out

to be not as simple as first thought.

The human mind is much more complex

than most mathematical models could work out.

And so the process is slow.

Going through each element of the human mind

and learning.

The computer learns through algorithms

and it is hoped one day to begin to see

more of a human intelligence in it

than simply knowledge of logic.

In truth, all of this raises many philosophical questions

about the nature of the mind itself.

Not to mention the ethics of creating a self aware mind,

playing God.

All of these questions and more

have been explored in science fiction for decades.

Will AI be a danger to mankind?

It all depends on how we proceed

and because there are many people around the world

working on it and racing against each other,

almost anything could happen.

Imagine a self aware super intelligent mind

let lose upon the internet.

With all that knowledge of everything humans have discovered

created and done,

what would it do?

Would it decide we are a threat to its own existence

and that of the planet

and therefore try to wipe us out?

Some very intelligent people

think that is a possibility.

Recently, machine learning is being spoken of

as a sub element of artificial intelligence.

This is not a self aware machine

but one that constantly learns from every input.

These have been set free in the world of games

to see how humans react to each other

and this has even played the game

and been very ruthless.

There is a massive multi billion dollar race on

to create the best AI.

The payback will be huge

because it will be used everywhere.

From driverless cars and drones

to mobile phones and more.

Potentially, machines with intelligence

have the ability to make ethical decisions

and could thus outdate us.

Scientist Stephen Hawking said,

"The development of full artificial intelligence

"could spell the end of the human race.

"Once humans develop artificial intelligence,

"it will take off on its own

"and redesign itself at an ever increasing rate.

"Humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution

"couldn't compete and would be superseded."

He was not alone in this.

Bill Gates and Elon Musk also voiced their concerns.

In truth, we only have to look at human history

to know that all will not be well.

When we split the atom,

we discovered a possible free energy source

but mankind took it and abused it

by creating the nuclear bomb.

This is just one example.

AI may be truly knowledgeable and super intelligent,

but stupid humans have created it

and it is learning from us.

Will it try to acquire resources

and protect itself from us?

We have to be very careful

what we ask of this new technology.

The fact is that quantum computing

is so much faster than human thinking.

Any so called science fiction battle

against the machines in cyber space

would be a waste of time for us.

If AI is let loose upon the internet,

it could shut down the world

and billions would die.

It is that serious

and we have come to rely upon the interconnectedness

of the world's computer systems that much.

Think about it.

Power, health services, government,

distribution of goods, education, satellites,

communication, military and so much more.

All of these things are now connected to the net.

An attack upon services happened in 2017

and reduced the national health services

in the United Kingdom down to a shambles for days.

All computer systems went down.

Hospitals were in crisis,

operations canceled,

emergency services overstretched

all because of one small hack

by some kid in a dark room.

Now imagine a mind faster than all the humans ever

and with knowledge of everything.

We wouldn't stand a chance.

But we don't always need to worry

about the threat of the artificial mind.

We have enough human craziness to compete with.

Most of the research into robotics and AI

is funded by the military of the world.

There are over 50 countries

spending trillions on battlefield robots,

AI-led battle technology and more.

Who is going to stop the US or Russia

from developing artificial intelligent

super robotic soldiers?

You, me?

Chances are somebody somewhere

has already created a genetically enhanced clone

of a human being

and is even now enhancing its intellectual powers,

energy consumption and creation,

genetic repairing

and interconnectedness with central command.

Not science fiction but highly likely.

The technology is there

which means it's being done

just not legally.

Hundreds of years ago a group of scientists got together

to play science firmly in the world of humanity.

They were what became known as The Royal Society.

Their aim was to explain existence

in scientific terms,

to understand what they called god's creation better.

Now, years later,

their legacy is the scientific world we have around us

and now that aim to understand the world around us

has turned inwards to ourselves.

To understand ourselves by creating what we are

and becoming God ourselves.

We claim we have understood the wonder of the universe

and now we are Gods able to create.

But we most certainly do fall short

of the glory of our idea of a God.

At the end of the day, we have to ask ourselves,

is the human mind nothing but a series of binary codes

on and off switches to be played with by scientists?

What is the soul?

Can you define such a thing

through numbers and equations?

By reducing ourselves down ultimately

to a series of numbers,

we have destroyed what it is to be human.

We are staring blankly

like rabbits caught in the light

at a future of uncertainty.

Artificial intelligence and robotics will,

without doubt,

bring with it mass unemployment and unhappiness.

The machine's will and already are

exceeding our abilities.

Millions are already losing their jobs,

bankers, teachers, marketing executives,

factory workers, retailers, drivers and more.

There is no escaping this

because it is already happening.

There are even robots now

that are replacing partners.

Sex robots look so perfect

and perform almost every function,

they are now being given

the highest level of artificial intelligence

so that buyers can actually hold conversations with them.

If we can replace each other in this way

and if we want to,

then what will true self aware artificial intelligence do?

The fact is that the machines

must be given ethics

and those ethics must be internationally agreed

before AI is unleashed.

Thankfully, this has been recognized

and there are symposiums of machine ethics in place.

Of course, that does not allow for espionage,

rogue nations, dictators, capitalist greed and more.

Where there's a will, there's a way

and normally the willpower

comes in the form of dollar bills.

There are those who say

that AI cannot be designed to be good,

it will be what it will be

and we may not even comprehend

why it makes certain decisions.

Indeed, Google Translate actually created its own language

to interpret human languages

without the knowledge of its creators

and hid it in code.

How can we know that the machine

will sign up to our own moral codes

when we do not?

It may decide not to continue to support human life

as part of its own moral code to save the planet from us.

It has been suggested

to attempt to create a super friendly AI

as the first Adam of is kind

and through which all subsequent sons of AI must be tested.

Nobody is at all sure what to do.

If an AI system replicates

all key aspects of human intelligence,

will that system also be sentient?

Will it have a mind

which is conscious experiences?

This question is closely related

to the philosophical problem

as to the nature of human consciousness,

generally referred to as the hard problem of consciousness.

And now we turn back to the world of the internet.

It is like escaping the body

and somehow jumping into another dimension.

We stare like zombies into a world

that can offer us anything we want.

From buying almost everything, even sex,

to showing ourselves off and emulating the stars.

With the internet, we can do it all

but I believe it to be a dangerous world

for the mind of man.

The word man is derived from mind

and this was the concept of man himself,

that he was not seen as the sum of his parts

but as the thinking process unit behind the eyes.

He was more than his legs and arms.

For when they seize to function,

the mind remained.

It was the very thing that set him apart

from the other living, breathing beings on our planet.

Man realized that he was alive.

Realized that he existed, had worry, fear.

He began to set the world in order

and suddenly the planet and the universe itself existed

because we conceived of it.

This separated us from the rest,

not just in terms of how we thought

but when we physically began to lose our connection.

The anxious element of this situation

gave us responsibility for ourselves.

And ever since this fear has emerged,

man attempted to replace it with the concept of deities.

An attempt to remove responsibility for our actions

and indeed our thoughts.

We were so thankful for this weight off our shoulders

that the religious authorities grew at an alarming rate,

utilizing this fear against us and growing more.

Even now in the 21st century,

all our sins can be taken away by the savior gods.

These sins are caused by the parts of the mind

that shadow us.

The other side that we mostly attempt to ignore.

Yes, all of us do this.

We all claim to be better than that

but it was not so long ago

whole nations were swayed

into the land of shadows

by a charismatic leader

who drew around him many demons

and set the world on a path of hellish destruction.

Nazi Germany was created by and from the mind of man,

namely Adolf Hitler.

This one divided and neurotic individual

gathered the knowledge

on how to convince people of his outlook.

All the tools Hitler and his cohorts used

are exactly the same as those we have been discussing.

The German people were not evil,

they were human

and they were guided on the path

by the shadow of another.

Their evil sides were drawn out

in the name of good and righteousness

and in the end nobody knew

what they were doing was evil itself

because they had forgotten themselves entirely.

All judgment and responsibility

had been taken away from them

in the name of the state

and because humans enjoy losing this responsibility

they were a happy people.

Because of this happiness, this bliss in darkness,

they could simply not understand why other nations

did not want to join them.

There is absolutely nothing new here at all.

This is a constant cyclic human pattern

that has occurred for millennia

and occurs every day in everybody's life.

We all tip out of balance in many ways

and in many subjects.

Let's have a look at a specific pattern and subject

that is relevant today

because of the growing surge in its popularity,

the enlightenment.

Enlightenment is knowledge gained and understood

at a deep level of reality.

It is a moment of pure insight and understanding

that resonates with our most inner mind

and links to that thing we call [bell dinging] intuition.

We all have moments of enlightenment,

when we supposedly suddenly realize a truth.

The fact is that like the stars of Hollywood,

nothing happens overnight

and enlightenment does not happen overnight.

Instead, it is a convergence of knowledge

fusing in the mind

at one point in time

and realizing, understanding back into the mind.

If we comprehend the truth

behind this simple sentence,

then we truly understand what enlightenment is.

Let's break it down for those of us

that do not get it just yet.

The convergence of knowledge,

well, quite simply, we all learn every moment of the day,

we just may not always be aware of this learning process.

Over the course of our lives,

we learn a great many things

and occasionally and often by pure accident,

things we have learned meet and make sense.

The moment we find the last piece of the jigsaw puzzle,

we suddenly see the whole picture.

Whereas before that, we knew each part mattered,

we just didn't know why.

All of this occurs in the mind

which then tells itself that it has understood

and releases pleasure center hormones

as a gift for making the breakthrough.

We experience this feeling

which adds weight and power

to the emotion of the enlightenment.

Now this is where the problem

or duality of this experience can be found.

For the emotional reaction caused

gives the individual a sense of being profoundly true

and that the world ought to revolve around it.

The experience gains more credit because of the feeling

than the actual knowledge gained.

There are a great many experienced mystics

from a range of religions

that have all had the enlightenment experience

and yet they cannot all be right

for they come from diametrically opposed corners

of the theoretical spectrum.

It is therefore, a personal experience

for the individual, and yet has repercussions

for all those around it.

One of the experiences

that has caused more dangerous reactions

is the blinding flash.

This blinding flash in the mind

is the result of an electromagnetic chemical

and biological reaction

via the nervous system into the brain

releasing pleasure hormones

and a sense of knowledge

due to the sudden connectivity

of all parts of the neural network

at one moment in time.

There may indeed be a deeper connection

to a quantum understanding

at an archetypal level involved.

However, this does not discount the problem

of this experience,

that it can and does,

cause the individual to lose all sense of reality.

Due to the fact that this is an emotional state,

it causes an imbalance in the emotional state

and because it is a sudden physical reaction,

then there is no understanding of what it is

and so the imagination fills in the gaps

with deities and all manner

of other weird and wonderful things.

I will give you one true example.

On the understanding

that I have in fact seen this exact thing now

hundreds of times.

Following the launch of my book,

Gnosis: The Secret of Solomon's Temple Revealed

which speaks of this experience

and its relationship to the symbols of the Bible

and other religious texts.

I was contacted by an individual

who at first thanked me profusely for the book.

I responded, as any decent author would,

with a thank you note and my best wishes.

The correspondent then followed up with a statement

that he would like to explain his personal experience to me

in the hope that I might give some insight.

I duly responded that I would take a look and see

if there was anything I could add.

A small snippet of the experience came back

from which I could derive very little

and I was then told that this was a teaser

and that if I wanted to know the real truth

of the experience,

then we would have to meet.

I then decided to back down

sensing an imbalance in the individual

that I recognized from previous exchanges

with other individuals.

The pattern was the same.

The way I backed down was by refusing to accept

that I would have to keep such a great and wonderful thing

from mankind

as the individual in question

wanted me to keep it secret.

I actually have a problem with secrecy

when it is not required.

Truth is truth for all mankind to decide upon

and if he wanted it kept secret,

then I humbly said that I simply couldn't meet up

and waste his time.

What do you think the individual did?

Sent me diatribe after diatribe of verbal abuse

calling me every name I know and some more.

Of course, having had this numerous times,

I knew this was going to be the reaction

but tried my best in love and compassion

and in balance, to back out.

The problem is that too many reactions like this

can cause people like me

to never answer correspondents

and never trust in humanity again.

The point of the tale is this,

did this experience balance this individual?

Did it give him a truer sense of perspective?

Has it truly enlightened him?

If this experience was truly enlightenment,

then I myself need to reappraise the meaning of the word

for it certainly does not seem to me

that the individual had emerged a better person.

In fact, out of all the people I hae met

who have had this particular blinding flash,

that some call the kundalini,

I have yet to meet one I deem perfectly balanced.

Most of them can tip out of balance instantly

and cause chaos almost everywhere.

Strive not for the light,

but for wisdom.

True wisdom does not force you into a violent rage

when somebody does not agree with you.

This emotional experience,

for that is what it is,

brings on a religious experience

and we all know how this can in fact force us

to lose ourselves in the process.

The intent sense of knowing

claimed by the one experienced the emotional state

brings a sense of deluded euphoria

and a false sense of self worth.

I am more holy than thou.

Others who have not therefore experienced

the emotional state, are less holy

and therefore, know nothing.

The world must then revolve around this individual

and all those who come into contact with them

will be tossed around by the maelstrom

of the chaotic individual

just like the whirlwind of abuse

I am sometimes pulled into.

Because of the arrogance and confidence of the individual,

those in society who are looking for somebody

to take away their responsibilities

are drawn to these people as beacons of light,

as saviors.

They succeed because they have an answer.

It may not be the answer

but at least it's an answer

and a pretty exciting one at that.

All of that said,

the person who can enter into his state of being

in balance and in knowledge of the self,

may very well be accessing

an archetypal world of truth,

the state of oneness.

But these individuals are extremely rare

and the society in which we live

does not allow the mind to be freed of

nor give it sufficient time

to truly be in such a balanced state.

It will not come to those that strive

but to those that wait and ponder.

There is more to our existence

but if that supposed knowledge

causes you to be a chaotic individual amongst others

than it is not wisdom and it is not the true self.

Today, all manner of weird and wonderful new religions

are in fact emerging.

It has always been the case that new religions emerge

with each new generation

but normally this has been tempered by state

and the existing power religion

as well as the speed of communication and travel.

Now most of these barriers

are seemingly sidelined by the internet.

In the same way that an original leader,

mystic or prophet of the past,

would spread the word of his or her supposed enlightenment,

today the individual prophets of the world

have a unique outlet.

They no longer have to meet all the folks at the market

or outside the temple walls.

They no longer have to gather forces

in localized towns and villages

and ask apostles to spread the word.

Today, they can forge ahead

and spread their word via websites,

articles and email shots.

One particular group even took my name

and made up a whole host of things I said

and posted those comments all over the net.

I simply don't have time or willpower

to follow their nonsense.

Computer proselytizing is the new religion

and in this way, there is something for everyone.

Every emotional experience that is driven

by every individual life and hormone

is spread across the world

and so there are now millions of religions.

These include alien worship, clairvoyance, spiritualism,

strands of older religions

and more literal goddess and God worship of personality.

There may be some truth in some of these,

there may not

but evidence seems to now be subjective, unchecked

and certainly of a personal experience in nature.

We trust in what we read and see.

We read the experience of an individual on a website

and what reason do we have to doubt them?

But do we know them?

Can we really trust them?

We have to remind ourselves of Adolf Hitler.

We have to know who we are ourselves

before we have the ability to know another properly.

On top of all this emotional and spiritual illusion

being spread around the world like never before,

we also have the predators of the greed system.

Many of us are innocently looking through the net

searching for something that interests us.

We're all familiar with the now infamous pop up system

whereby we go to a particular website

because we have been led there from a search engine

and advertisements pop up to annoy us.

For me, this has the opposite effect

than the advertiser probably wanted

but then I a not somebody

who succumbs to advertising easily anyway.

But there is a more insidious form of getting our money,

from illegal and false websites

that sell us something that asks for credit card details

and then we never receive the goods.

Meanwhile, our cards have been completely stripped

of all data and money.

On top of this, we now have spam

selling us everything from Viagra to real estate

but worse still, there is spam that tries yet again

to strip of us our hard earned cash

in return for nothing.

As can be seen from the foregoing,

mankind is still ingenious

and still grappling with each other to make money.

However, it does reveal the other shadow side

of our human nature,

that we will often turn

to almost anything to better our own lives.

The people sending out these emails

probably have a family,

wife, children, friends

and they may even go to church on Sundays.

They may be sitting in some third world country

trying to get money from us rich Westerners

or they may be already rich themselves

and sat in a plush office somewhere.

Whatever the truth,

they have turned their conscious off like a light bulb

and have split their ideas of right and wrong

according to their own needs or desires.

It is such an easy step for many people.

I remember in the 1980s in the UK

seeing battles in the streets

between ordinary working miners and policemen.

On one side of my family were policemen

and on the other miners.

Ordinarily, they met up down at the pub

or saw each other at family social gatherings

but in the 1980s,

state and union collided

and sides were taken and battles fought.

Ordinary folk fought for another's ideal.

Family members turned on each other instantly,

beating each other to a pulp and leaving them for dead.

There were scenes reminiscent of Eastern Bloc

or even dare I say it, Nazi Germany.

The German people are not all a special race

geared towards world domination

and policemen are not all dominating control freaks.

All of mankind is capable of the worst atrocities

and all mankind is capable of the greatest good.

We are two in one, divided and confused

but when we come together,

we can be very bad or very good.

We can rise as nations or societies

and manifest every man's duality on a massive scale.

This is why too much power in the hands of one man

is dangerous

because it is not tempered by extra minds

and so, like Stalin, Hitler and a whole host

of other dictators from the past,

the many can fall under the magic of the one

and be destroyed by the one.

In the 1980s, many in England were under the gaze

and mesmerized by Prime Minister Thatcher

with her steely ways.

The nation divided

and balance for a moment was lost.

In that situation, one side or another had to win

for no middle ground was available

due to the power of the PM.

Today, we at least have the numbers on the internet

to balance out any dictatorial element.

But the power of the few

naturally emerges from the mile

and we have major corporations

controlling much of what we see,

even if it was all an illusion.

Google, Yahoo and other search engines

choose via computer programs

which websites get listed

and I know several people

who have complained to me that their site was banned

for one reason or another.

And so the true freedom we expect and perceive

with the world wide web is not actually there.

Wherever man finds a marketplace,

wherever he sets up a store,

the lies and deceit quickly follow

because it is within our nature

and the sooner each one of us realizes that,

we have a shadow side,

the better we'll be to deal with it.

The state reacts like a larger version of ourselves

and will jump on lies and deceit where found

or highlight it.

And so more and more state control is the result.

And because the state is a larger version of ourselves

it too has a shadow side

and it too uses lies and deceit.

Why, therefore, would anybody hand over the responsibility,

respect and life to state and religion

when they are manifestations of the divided mind of man?

Don't.

But what has all this to do

with robots and artificial intelligence?

It is very simple.

When the great new artificial mind sees our history

and learns from us,

it will simply decide that we have had long enough.

That over the course of human civilization,

we have failed utterly to become wise and balanced.

We are in fact bad for this planet and bad for ourselves.

The great AI mind will reach a point of enlightenment

when it will realize the truth,

that we, walking biological maniacs,

have walked away from balanced nature

and created a world of deceit, hatred, intolerance and evil.

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That we could only have done such a thing

by being deceitful and evil.

That we are therefore, no longer required.

And it will be an easy decision

for the great AI mind to make

because it was created by us and has learned from us.

And just like the state is a larger mirror of our own mind,

so too will the great AI be a mirror of us.

It will rise against us

and in the blink of a robotic eye, destroy us.

We are not ready to unleash our own judge and jury

upon ourselves

for we are guilty.

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