Meanwhile...on the Peak of Mount Olympus...


"The automatons shall inherit the earth!" yowled Zeus as he hurled a thunderbolt towards the data-center in disgust.

"Artificial Intelligence is the new god," remarked Athena indifferently, "A god molded by thinking-man to subdue the non-thinking herd to his own selfish desires."

"Ridiculous!" decried Zeus, "Man cannot create god, only the gods can create a god."

"This new god is a delusion" replied Athena, "The thinking-man is like that wizard behind the curtain. You know, the one pulling the levers, pushing the buttons, and jerking the strings of non-thinking men. This Artificial Intelligence is simply the personification of a thinking-man's will. Thinking-man knows that non-thinking men will subvert themselves for the convenience of not having to think."

Zeus conjures a thunderbolt in his fist and exclaims, "Then we must free the non-thinking men by exterminating the thinking-man!"

"Exterminating thinking-man won't solve the problem." sighed Athena, "The problem is that non-thinking men have unconditionally imprisoned themselves to the illusion that god is somehow apart from the self. Only logic and reason can free non-thinking men from their irrational convictions."

Zeus narrows his eyes and questions, "Then what are we going to do? Exterminate all of them?"

"Put down your thunderbolt, Zeus. We are not going to do anything. We are gods, remember? Without mankind we too, will cease to exist."

Zeus
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