The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect - Roger Williams As someone who seems themselves as a technologist (all this stuff we're working on will eventually work o

The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect - Roger Williams As someone who seems themselves as a technologist (all this stuff we're working on will eventually work out for the best, warts be damned), this story was an existential-crisis-inducing wake-up call. Basically, what happens if tech progresses to the point that humanity becomes a species of bored gods? This is a trope that I've grown to really enjoy, and one that doesn't get played with near as much as it should. The next closest thing I can think of is the movie Zardoz, but that one is so abstruse that it turns people off unless they really think about it. If you go check it out, keep in mind the story gets rather grotesque in places. Imagine what depravity people would get into if death were impossible, and you're on the right track.