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Asimov already covered this in The Last Question: https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~gamvrosi/thelastq.html https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~gamvrosi/thelastq.html
by DannyPage 1y ago
Asimov already covered this in The Last Question: https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~gamvrosi/thelastq.html https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~gamvrosi/thelastq.html
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- gjsman-1000 1y ago[flagged]
- Vrondi 1y agoYou're missing the part where the robot was created by us.
- gjsman-1000 1y agoWow, that makes it even dumber. That idea was literally also in Genesis as the original sin of man: "You shall be as Gods." Edit, for posting too fast: I don't consider the response below to be in good faith, for if there is a God, nothing could be more offensive than to deliberately try to knock him down a few pegs to be "plausible"; while considering the Big Bang to be "plausible" because that doesn't count as "fantasy style magic."
- throwaway314155 1y agoYou're being downvoted for a bad read of the material. Any comparisons to God are intentional and deliberate - but mostly serve to knock God down a peg or two by grounding it in something plausible instead of the faith based miracles and straight up fantasy style magic from the Bible. Futurama has a great episode where Bender meets God (who has merged with a computer) that tackles similar themes. If you find this to be a harsh reaction, maybe consider how the wording of your initial comment is an effective provocation to anyone who doesn't share your belief system.
- JdeBP 1y agoNot really. Asimov's story did not represent the process as a mathematically inevitable consequence of physics. It might not even have gone through a second cycle. Cellular life, dollars, and teletypes would all have had to come about again. (-: