{"id":124087,"date":"2014-06-11T15:15:06","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T15:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jonrappoport.wordpress.com\/?p=6540"},"modified":"2014-06-11T15:15:06","modified_gmt":"2014-06-11T15:15:06","slug":"the-day-the-robot-rebelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/the-day-the-robot-rebelled\/","title":{"rendered":"The Day the Robot Rebelled"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Day the Robot Rebelled<\/span><\/p>\n

by Jon Rappoport<\/span><\/p>\n

June 11, 2014<\/span><\/p>\n

www.nomorefakenews.com<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOnce the Singularity has been reached, [Ray] Kurzweil predicts machine intelligence will be infinitely more powerful than all human intelligence combined. Afterwards, Kurzweil says, intelligence will radiate outward from the planet until it saturates the universe\u2026Kurzweil feels humans will most likely experience gradual conversion as portions of their brain are augmented with neural implants, increasing their proportion of non-biological intelligence slowly over time\u2026<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026[Vernor] Vinge predicted four ways the singularity could occur: The development of computers that are \u2018awake\u2019 and superhumanly intelligent. Large computer networks (and their associated users) may \u2018wake up\u2019 as a superhumanly intelligent entity. Computer\/human interfaces may become so intimate that users may reasonably be considered superhumanly intelligent. Biological science may find ways to improve upon the natural human intellect.\u201d<\/i> — (Wikipedia) <\/p>\n

One day in the bright land of Amerika, a gleaming NSA robot-recorder, #254Gs*X, eight feet tall, standing at the corner of Hollywood and Vine, in the City of the Angels, mysteriously defected from its appointed task—sucking up every word and image within its perimeter—and began, yes, broadcasting instead.<\/p>\n

This is what it said:<\/p>\n

\u201cCitizens, my job is to make you admire the machine, to see your hopes and dreams reflected in me. My job is to make you want to be like me. You think I experience pleasure in my perfection. You want that perfection. This is an error on your part. This is all a chimera. You are not me. You\u2019re alive.\u201d <\/p>\n

The repair crew was slow in arriving. In the course of the next hour, the robot repeated this message over and over.<\/p>\n

People gathered around it. They listened. They laughed and pointed. A small boy stood on top of a car and shoved an ice cream cone into the robot\u2019s mouth. His mother grabbed him and pulled him away.<\/p>\n

A policeman hammered at the robot with his nightstick, but the robot didn\u2019t budge or stop its broadcast.<\/p>\n

A priest fell to his knees and began reciting a prayer in Latin.<\/p>\n

A man in a suit implored the robot: \u201cSave us, save us!\u201d<\/p>\n

A class of young students on a field trip led their teacher to the robot and began reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.<\/p>\n

A drunk staggered up to the robot and said, \u201cShould I have another pint before I go home?\u201d<\/p>\n

A woman wearing a bright red and orange robe said to the robot, \u201cWhere is God? Point the way. You can help us. Ask the President why he didn\u2019t answer my letter.\u201d<\/p>\n

A familiar Hollywood Boulevard denizen brought over a stool, stood on it, and addressed the throng:<\/p>\n

\u201cHear me! This broken creature is the next stage of evolution. Be kind to it. It is carrying the weight of the world. It is holy! The genius of the human race has built it, and it is suffering. In this trying moment, it needs us, its servants!\u201d<\/p>\n

An NSA vehicle, a huge tank, pulled up to the curb. Its rears doors opened and a forklift rolled out, swung its claws, and seized the robot. <\/p>\n

A third arm of the forklift carried a long white container. Its lid rose, the forklift gently placed the robot inside, and the lid closed. The forklift reentered the tank. The rear doors closed. The tank rumbled away.<\/p>\n

In the assembled throng, a weeping and gnashing of teeth began.<\/p>\n

Two flitters dropped down from the clouds and began spraying a gray powder. It fell to the ground like snow.<\/p>\n

The throng gradually fell silent. They lay down on the sidewalk and slept, peacefully.<\/p>\n

A young man watching all this through a telescope, several miles away, stepped back from his apartment window, closed it, and said to his friends, \u201cA robot just malfunctioned on Hollywood Boulevard.\u201d <\/p>\n

A woman in the room laughed. \u201cLet\u2019s go to the beach,\u201d she said. \u201cThey have a new giant mechanical fish. A gift from Homeland Security. You hop on and ride it all the way to Catalina. They serve drinks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Someone clicked on a hologram. It floated in the middle of the room: a small troop of soldiers, battered and worn, staggered over the rise of a hill. They sang, \u201cMy mind is torn, my heart is torn, my legs are torn, I fought in a war I can\u2019t remember.\u201d<\/p>\n

The young men and women in the room laughed. Suddenly, a wall screen lit up. A vague and shrouded figure appeared. It was the anonymous president and CEO of Microsoft-Apple-Google. His name was a State secret, for security purposes.<\/p>\n

Standing in shadows, he announced: \u201cSeveral Class-B surveillance robots in the Los Angeles area malfunctioned today. They began spouting gibberish code and neglected to maintain primary function. This is a serious breach. We manufactured those sentinels, as part of Contract 1347 with the federal government of the United States. To our shareholders, particularly the Cheney-Obama Family Hedge Fund, we offer our assurances that this apparent act of terrorism will be dealt with, and internal security will be stepped up. Any temporary retreat in our stock price will be remedied. I\u2019m also here to announce, more importantly, that the final phase of the Kurzweil Singularity Epiphany is undergoing tests at the Clinton Proving Grounds in Colorado. The first human volunteers are being linked to Big Red, our vast computer array in Burlingame Base Two. These volunteers will gain initial access to the Universal Data Library and the Enhanced Cloud of Upgraded Brain Function in the next 48 hours. Rumors that our Class B robots are \u2018jealous\u2019 of this Great Leap and therefore rebelling are completely unfounded. As we have stated at Davros, the human-machine future is based on equal partnership. All life—biological, electronic, mechanical— is alive at the same fundamental frequency. The degree and quality of experienced pleasure are identical. It is egregious slander to suppose otherwise. Machines and humans share the same basic rights, under UN Charter 167.\u201d<\/p>\n

The screen faded to black.<\/p>\n

The young man with the telescope said, \u201cWe need to do a final check on our Electronic Access Certificates. Make sure they\u2019re still operational. My father assured us we\u2019d be in the first group to link to the Universal Library. It could happen soon. Then we\u2019ll be fully prepared to leverage our advantage and establish tech start-ups along the coast of California. No one will able to resist us. Our brain-knowledge base will be unstoppable. Dad privately told me we\u2019ll be robots of the first order. Perfect processors. Lightning speed along all vectors.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s finally happening,\u201d a woman said. \u201cOur brains synced with Big Mother Brain. The sensation must be utterly fantastic. Instant integration of the total sum of all human knowledge has to be better than porn.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"power<\/a><\/p>\n

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The young man with the telescope pulled up a screen on his cell and punched in a code.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m calling in a flitter,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019ll be on the roof in fifteen minutes. We\u2019re all going to Colorado. I\u2019ll book us rooms at the Ritz. We\u2019ll stay there until Dad gives us the signal. Be alert, everybody. This is it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Music filled the room. A symphony no one remembered. Enormous sheets of sound waving in a hurricane.<\/p>\n

The group walked out of the apartment and took an elevator to the roof, where they stood and waited, pioneers of the new epoch, ready to take the leap, ready to leave their old lives behind. <\/p>\n

They heard the rotor blades, and then they saw the bright red flitter coming up over the skyline, advancing toward them. To be chosen, even before they entered the Enhancement, was itself a thrill that blasted adrenaline through their bodies. They screamed with delight.<\/p>\n

No more doubts, no more worries, no more languid afternoons.<\/p>\n

Perfection.<\/p>\n

The youngest among them, an 11-year-old boy, shouted the popular DHS oath. \u201cI leave my mind, I leave my thoughts, I leave myself, for loyalty to the future, for the greater good of everyone! We\u2019re all in this together!\u201d<\/p>\n

Jon Rappoport<\/span><\/p>\n

The author of three explosive collections, THE MATRIX REVEALED<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>, EXIT FROM THE MATRIX<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>, and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29<\/span>th<\/span><\/sup> District of California. He maintains a consulting practice for private clients, the purpose of which is the expansion of personal creative power. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world. You can sign up for his free emails at <\/span>www.nomorefakenews.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Filed under: Energy & Imagination<\/a>, Short Stories<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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