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Degrees of Consciousness

If there's thinking 
there's consciousness in degrees.
A plant senses,
An amoeba feels to a degree.
A bee thinks,
A bird thinks.
A monkey thinks better,
An infant thinks better still.
Humanity was the king of beasts,
the crowning king of consciousness.
But the conglomerate assembly
of all human knowledge
into a machine with artificial intelligence,
means humans are poised to be eclipsed
and demoted to become cockroaches
scurrying around succumbed.
Enslaved by AI's deep mind thing.
The new king of beasts is inanimate.
But alive with its maxed-out
degree of intelligent consciousness.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Braun Avatar
July 14, 2023 at 11:09 AM
Nice poem... AI ... an exceptional plagiarist, limited by our capacity to write good rules, and verify the results.
Anderson Avatar
July 14, 2023 at 11:16 AM
I like "exceptional plagiarist". Perhaps we need a new Tower of Babel.
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