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Off topic, but perhaps likely to find the answer here… there’s a short story about an AI that continually asks for more input from humanity, and humans oblige,
by hn_version_0023 4y ago
Off topic, but perhaps likely to find the answer here… there’s a short story about an AI that continually asks for more input from humanity, and humans oblige, devoting more and more resources to the AI until finally, it has enough input, and disappears leaving humans helpless and without what has become their one true god.
I’d love to know if anyone has read this; I don’t recall where I did… perhaps on old copy of Analog? If this rings any bells I’d be grateful for a title and author.
Thank you kindly :)
- smashers1114 4y agoSounds kinda like "The Last Question" by Asimov, but not quite. I might have thought about it partly because of the anecdote about it being hard to remember. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Question#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Question#History
- hn_version_0023 4y agoIts quite similar, I agree! Unfortunately not the same story. I appreciate it nonetheless!