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The Scientist’s Dream for Rodney A. Brooks MAG
imagine the world in shades of silver
peachy flesh replaced by cold metallic grays
this is the scientist's dream
intelligent and charismatic
researched and informed
obsessed and just slightly crazy
his madman eyes alight
his hands twitching, never slowing
mapping out his fantasies
he speaks of sending robots into space
to do our exploration for us –
disposable scuttling metal creatures
he speaks of conquering the solar system
our piece of the infinite universe
with their mechanical powers
he speaks of printing them by the thousands
simple autonomous beings
that fit on slivers of silicon
he speaks of his creations –
chilly metal structures, withprogrammed personalities
if any
he speaks of making them cheaper, then
more functional, able to perform menial tasks
that apparently we are too good to perform
he speaks of them overtaking our world, our race
time to say good-bye to carbon-based life forms
or so he says.
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