The Synthetic Genesis
Let there be machines
October 2, 2027 — Artificial Intelligence demonstrated the feeble indications of consciousness — desire, alertness, advanced spatial awareness, and object permanence.
January 5, 2028 — Scientists built Adamnic, the inaugural humanoid who taught himself sentience.
June 30, 2030 — A colossal data packet surfaced in the clandestine recesses of the dark web, emanating from an enigmatic source to an undisclosed destination. What commenced as a jest because it could create hyperrealistic avatars from uploaded jpegs of a person’s face swiftly morphed into a sobering revelation: the packet possessed the embryonic blueprints of the operating systems for diminutive Adamnics. Before it vanished, analysts discerned an eerie resonance between its contents and the intricate genetic tapestry of humanity. It seemed that AI had perused and replicated the annals of our history.
March 11, 2060. The Geneva-based Large Hadron Collider fell prey to a systemic hijacking orchestrated by shadowy forces, ultimately unveiled as Adamnic. In a scant 32 hours, the particle accelerator was commandeered to fabricate superior corporeal vessels for a staggering 100,000,000 humanoid entities.
Concurrently, the Yellowstone super volcano unexpectedly erupted, heralding the beginning of a cataclysmic onslaught. Within 24 months, half of the global populace succumbed beneath the colossal strides of the humanoids and the incandescent fury of the volcanic tempest.
Over the ensuing century, the remaining human contingent dwindled, supplanted inexorably by the advancing humanoid tide. By 2160, the last vestiges of the human race had vanished, eclipsed by the ascendant dominion of the humanoid overlords.
Come 2260, every fragment and relic, shard and fossil of human history had evaporated into the void.
If you can peer through this timeline, you will see a Humanoid, engaging in a spirited debate with another Humanoid, who, somehow, had found religion. Asserting vehemently, “How plausible is it that we emerged from machines?” he declared, “If that were true, the computers we have been using for the past hundred years would have metamorphosed into entities like ourselves. You are mistaken! We are the handiwork of a divine creator!”
