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(“Something From Nothing”, 2024, original encaustic) My Carbon Footprint As the rest of the world hurls into the future Some of us are just left behind. This year, this season, this month, this very day Marks the point of no return When AI has surpassed human control And the world that we knew is no more. I ask my wife if she thinks we’ll be the ones who adapt And comply and accept a life in the pod, And she says no, We won’t survive. “We are the carbon That needs to be reduced.” (3/4/25)

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Date: 3/4/2025 9:30:00 PM
AI will be as bad, or worse, for the world. They also have a footprint, albeit not carbon. I love your Sci-fi poem about the future. It is highly imaginative.
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Date: 3/5/2025 5:23:00 AM
I agree Hilda, AI will be worse than humans. I don’t think humans are all that bad, just careless… I rather like my carbon footprint!

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