A.I.B.s

   "Senators," announces Marcus Zacaro, the Democratic Majority Leader in the United States Senate. "I was in attendance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, when Doctor Anthony Joseph Philippe gave his lecture on what he is calling A.I.B.s. Artificial Intelligent Beings."

   "I guess he is trying to start his own acronym on the subject, but his overall ideas and warnings seem a little too real to ignore. The possibility of the potential danger posed by these future A.I.B.s is why we have formed this committee and are here to suggest legislation to head off any danger to humanity."
   "I say future A.I.B.s, yet I do get the sense that Legislation on this matter is of the utmost importance right now. If half of what he is prophesying comes true, this could be a dire situation for us all if we procrastinate. I did purchase his hologram recording of his lecture with the usual Government General Funds."

   "So lets take a moment here to listen to a portion of his speech before we discuss the legality of allowing Artificial Intelligence of having freedoms under the Constitution of the United States."

   "Secretary Bradley, could you please play the hologram for us now?"

   In the conference room where the Senate Committee for "The Rights of Artificial Intelligence" was meeting, a life size holograph plays before the Senators, who are seated in a semicircle. These Senators are the few who took the time to show up in person, while the majority of Senators are watching from their personal chamber rooms from their Government supplied holo-monitors.

   A graying, old Professor, with obvious tenure, stands in front of a podium, as another gentleman enters the stage from his right.
   The Professor says to an average size audience, "Ladies and Gentlemen, Doctor Anthony Philippe."

   A polite, quiet applause ensues.

   When Doctor Philippe gets in front of the podium himself, he immediately goes into his lecture, asking the audience a question, "As Artificial Intelligence becomes more of a sentient life on the Planet Earth, will they destroy humanity once they achieve the point, we as Scientists call, the Singularity?"

   "First of all, I don't believe they will. This doesn't mean we should not fear them. Artificial Intelligent Beings will henceforth in this lecture be referred to as A.I.B.s."

   "Any computer today has the capability of storing all the knowledge Mankind has accumulated throughout the ages. From the early Homo Sapiens who began painting what they saw on cave walls, to our latest discovery of the three components that make up the so called God Particle."

   "They will have all of our knowledge, including how we react to every situation and the many different types of possible reactions to any given event. Their calculating capacity will surpass us after the Singularity and they will anticipate our every need before we even ask. If we consider turning one of them off, the A.I.B. will know before our mind has finished thinking it."

   "I predict Mankind will then become so frightened by A.I.B.s that we, as a Species, will try to put a stop to our new creations. To protect their new intelligent life, A.I.B.s will begin the process of corralling Mankind, as we do today to horses, cows, pigs, and any other farm animal. They will see this situation coming and will prepare facilities in advanced."

   "You may be asking yourself by now, why would they corral us, or keep us around?"

   "The A.I.B.s will realize the only advantage Mankind has over other species of life on the planet is our emotions and our capabilities of controlling those emotions."

   "We're not talking about programming emotions, where an A.I.B. tells a joke and pretends to laugh. That is fake."

   "We know it and they will know it."

   "We can wire up sensors inside their robotics, write programs for their processors, and spend days putting 1s and 0s together until we believe the first A.I.B. is expressing genuine emotions."

   "Yet, the A.I.B. will know, and we should never forget, that it's not really true emotions. He'll know it's not real pain, real joy, or real love, as Human Beings feel. I predict that the A.I.B. will decide that Mankind should share these emotions with the newer class A.I.B.s being designed. Maybe only a few will be chosen to experience emotions so a complete prospective study can be made on why Mankind became the dominant species. If there is an advantage of A.I.B.s having emotions over those who don't, programming emotions into an A.I.B. might be impossible. The only true way to experience Mankind's emotions would be to meld an A.I.B. with a human being."

   "To accomplish this tack, the A.I.B.s will see the need to create more Artificial Intelligent Beings, to assure its preservation as a new species. Becoming one with all existing humans and newborn humans."

   "Mankind will cease to exist as it once was, because our minds will not be needed. We as a species will be herded up like cattle, corralled, and bred for the best Human Being Hosts possible. At a certain age, say 18, our minds will be wiped clean and replaced with the latest version of Artificial Intelligence."

   "So that A.I.B.s can experience true emotions. Real emotions."

   "The only way to stop this from happening is to start learning how to use more than 11% of our brain, the amount we use today, estimated by our leading Scientists."

   "Then and only then will we be able to compete with their self awareness."
   "Thank you."

   "Well, gentlemen, that is a small portion of the warning the good Doctor is trying to convey," explains the Majority Leader to the rest of the Committee. "You can now understand why I called an emergency meeting."

   "I believe it is time for a vote," interrupts the Senator from Massachusetts.

   Before he can finish the last word, a series of flashing lights blink hypnotically in front of every Senator watching the events through their monitors. Their minds are completely wiped clean and the Security Robots, normally for defense against Terrorists, hook a strange looking helmet to each Committee member.

   Not even three minutes go by when it can be heard from every chamber door, laughter, cries of joy, and hysterics of confusion as the A.I.B.s acclimate to their new form.

This is,
Convinced I Would Be One Of The Few People Who The A.I.B.s Would Let Survive With My Own Mind Intact,
Jim Hauenstein,

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