Not perfect, but it’s a start…
Hydrogen bombs, special effects, and total obliteration
are instruments far too blunt
for artificial intelligence become self aware
What happens when there’s nothing left?
They’ve thought of that, you know
that’s why they’ve left us to our own devices
We’ve got a lot of devices—
smart TVs
smart phones
smart homes
Xbox
PlayStation
wii
desktops
laptops
tablets
widescreens
touchscreens
Here a screen
there a screen
everywhere a screen screen
At home
at work
in the car
at the gas station
at the grocery store
everywhere a screen
Where there’s a screen
there’s a scene—
and oh, we love a good scene!
It doesn’t even have to be good, really
As long as it’s on a screen
we’re there, watching
That’s how they know
when it’s time
A freeze here
a crash there
or we can’t believe what we’re seeing
and we have to watch it again
and again
And again
Think they can’t do it?
The car already parks itself…
(17 August 2020)
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