ROBOT WITH A SOUL
2075 AD
ROBOT WITH A SOUL
`Awakening in the body prison`
KENAN KOLDAY
Chapter I
Melody of God
But understand this,
that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.
For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money,
proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents,
ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous,
without self-control, brutal,
not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit,
lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
having the appearance of godliness,
but denying its power.
Avoid such people.
Holy Bible, Timothy 3.1–5
Chapter II
REACTIONS TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Giuseppe had dressed up and was now wearing a straight red silk tie on it. As usual, he slowly tied his tie with the quality of the silk and enjoying every second of it, like a child who enjoyed the toy in his hand. This was a ritual for him. A ritual to satisfy his ego. As someone who believed that balance was important in life, he liked to reward himself as well as working in himself to educate his ego.
The light white stripe suit was always the suit he wore at his favorite official ceremonies. Like the Italian mafia fathers of the old times, his outfit was finished when the long white scarf hung on his neck. However, this dress-up ritual would not end without wearing the luxurious perfumery, wearing the white hair on the back of the head and smiling in the mirror, and wearing the four rings that symbolize the Creation, and then birth, death, and rebirth of man, each of whom he loved.
He remembered this ancient cycle as he wore every ring contemplating on their meaning and wished to be born like a Phoenix from his own ashes. That last ring symbolizingthe reincarnation of man, was a message to remind him every that his wish to die before death which was the key to break free of the endless reincarnation cycle, Samsara. He was neither a monk nor a disbeliever. His intention was to search for his Nirvana in the city. Despite all their noble goals, it was not easy to reach his goal without overcoming his strong emotions and relieving the suffering inside burning in his heart.
A few minutes later, everything was ready as he wanted. Now, he could have walked into the crowd, disguised as a full Italian gentleman.
Giuseppe still liked to use the mirrors of the old times even in this era when people no longer used mirrors as the mirrors of the past had already been replaced by digital displays. Why wouldn’t he like it? The mirror was reminding him life and his true essence, but a digital mirror was nothing more than a screen. Reflecting the reality of this world from a virtual screen to itself was very different from seeing its reflection in a glazed mirror.
The news just started at 10:00 in the morning on a holographic screen in the middle of the study room as he was looking at himself one last time in that tall mirror.
“The whole world is talking about the ceremony today. On this historic day Adapa, the first human-like organic robot, will be activated with the valuable participation of President Jack Wonderfield, the president of the World Union, as a result of the latest technologies in the field of artificial intelligence after the war with robotic technology.
Now let’s listen to our street interviews with people all over the world. Our colleagues have asked a lot of random questions since early morning. Now people living in different places around the world are going to learn what they think about this project.”
Different people from different cities from the world began to show up on the screens as the famous Morning News speaker turned back to look at the huge screen behind him.
The first one to speak in the screen was a woman walking on a street of Rome heading for his work. “Jesus took over the sins of us and sacrificed himself for us with his noble death on the cross. But, what do we do? We’re playing God. I do not see a problem with making our lives easier by take advantage of robots and super-fast processors with advanced processing power to these robots or utilizing them for difficult jobs we humans cannot do. But what is this about playing God? Is that what Jesus atoned for? The windows of Heaven are close to falling over our heads. The bloody plant Nibiru educated us with fire, unfortunately we still don’t understand. May our great Father forgive us. Amen.”
Another citizen in the streets of Rome supported the concerns of his fellow countrymen from a different angle. “Our possibilities are even more limited after the world population fell down to 1.7 billion. They say the monetary system will go away in 2150. It’s a dream, and if that is true, we still have to work for 75 years more. I still have tomake money to take care of my family. I have a family. I’ve had three children as encouraged by our elders and I want to offer the same opportunities to my every child. If these robots come in, what will happen to us? Robots who do not eat, drink and demand will of course be welcomed by the ambitious employers. I don’t want to lose my job.”
A woman from Egypt was also furious. “In the 21st century, we made technology our religion, worshipped capitalism, created false prophets. We created the Dajjal with our own hands, paid for our sins. But it was not enough because that Dabbat’ul Arz, called Nibiru, came and gave us the Judgement Day. When the Earth’s axis shifted, the sun was born from the West and then from the north. Didn’t the fire of hell still bring us to ourselves? Now we are creating another Dabbat`ul Arz with our own hands. May God be with us.”
This time it was a woman in Poland on the streets. “The arrival of Jesus Christ is real. But as the Prophet Yahya said, I am sure that Jesus will test us with fire this time.” She continued to walk immediately after her concise reply.
“Imagine that with artificial intelligence, we’ve increased human IQ levels to 20% or even beyond 10%” a man who was interviewed in China said. “I’m wondering what we humans can do. I think a man has an unprecedented opportunity to transcend himself. I think it is the fate of man to transcend his physical limitations and discover the universe using more than his brain capacity.”
A woman from Japan had a different problem. The lady who said she was an expert in sociology was pointing out to the problem of family relations. “Have we ever thought of the relationship between man and woman after the creation of organic robots? The divorce rates in families are still not less than before the Third World War. What if a man who can’t find what he’s looking for in his wife liveswith an organic robot woman in order to never have any relationship problems? Or what would happen if a woman depressed of her husband goes out and lives with aorganic robot man to live a stress free life? What about our relationships, what about our families? The use of organic robots, even for the satisfaction of deep pleasures, will destroy the feelings of remorse, guilt, shame in humans, and turn us into soulless machines.”
After what that lady finished her last word, the woman next to the microphone jumped in and said that she was an obstetrician and wanted to say few words, “Well, what if these robots start having sex between themselves and give birth to children? I can’t imagine the ethical and legal problems of a normal woman or a robo-woman getting pregnant from a robo-man. Besides… how can he be a father to his children? This is a disgrace.” She then took the microphone, leaving it as fast as he grabbed it andwent away with hard steps. As walking away, she was upset by his self-talk.
It was a very difficult and heavy subject. In general, people were obviously having difficulty imagining the results of what is coming up with organic robots with artificial intelligence and were afraid.
A young man expressed himself by making an eccentric comment on the words of the woman who went away in an angry way. “Women and men are very different. A friend of mine recently left his wife for sexual reasons. An organic woman wouldn’t say no to anything nor would she have a problem with a man? My friend’s ex-wife had a soul, but how did that serve for a happy relationship? It’s better to live with a robot woman without a soul instead of living with a woman without a soul. Life is too short to bear the failure.”
A man from Kenya in his 70s said, “our continent has suffered in the past a lot from slavery. Are we not tired of trying to bring slavery again and again? Don’t we realize that robot assistants are going to be slaves to us?” His question on the wrongdoings and cruelty of the past hit the listeners around like a slap in their puzzled faces.
“There is much to do in the world, but there is no time. I’d love to get out of the money-making cycle to manage my life and live my dreams. It would be nice if a robot did my job for me and I lived life with my loved ones. I would have found heaven in the world.” These were the words of Venezuelan man in his mid-20s.
In Jerusalem, people were in revolt. People protesting this project had already flooded in the streets. “Once we’ve been kicked out of the garden of Eden, this time let’s not be kicked out of the world. Rab is One and man is Him”While the people were thrown out in the streets, the announcer in Jerusalem did not dare to approach the people despite all the security measures and was only able to follow from a distance.
“We’re producing these thinking organic robots now and what about their rights? Are we going to use them as slaves or are we going to give them certain rights? We’ve never had a thinking robot before. Thinking means making choices. Then, does that mean free will? What are the limits that programmers have to pay attention to, as those who program a thinking robot have sealed their free will? There are many questions, but there are no answers.”
A woman from Russia said, “the artificial intelligence is definitely faster than we are. We can also make robots stronger than us if we want to. I am concerned that in this way we have created a generation of people who are stronger than us, and that we have not even realized it. What if they get out of control? We may be pulling our own strings, just like the Native Americans who saw Christopher Columbus as their white gods.”
At the morning prayer in Mecca, a white-haired old man said, “there is goodness in everything evil and evil in everything good. Something that seems bad today may come out good, as something that seems bad may serve for a good reason. Whatever is happening is the best possible thing to happen. He, is the one who does everything and thus there is a reason for why He lets things happen. If Allah the Almighty did not allow things to happen with his divine names Al-Jabbar and Al-Kahhar, could Artificial Intelligence come to these days? But Allah, could have obstructed with his divine name Al-Mani. As Al-Malik, Allah is the owner of all things. Let’s live and see. There is a in everything Allah does. La Faile illallah” he said and asked for his permission.
Another man who has finished namaz said “it may be time for us to pay the price of what we do to the world as people. We’ve done terrible things to each other in this world. For what? For the sake of the impermanent world. After all, we’re coming from the same source and going to the same source. We come naked and go naked from this world, but for what reason is this ambition? Look, my son, what does it write at the mosque entrance? All belongs to Him.”
An archaeologist who worked at Gobeklitepe said, “12 thousand years ago there used to be a very different way of life and belief system than we thought of. And from now on, it won’t be the way we want it. The servant makes plans, Allah laughs. Perhaps we have completed our mission as people who have brought the world to the brink of destruction. Human beings have not yet reached half of the world’s evolution. Look, we’re still using 5% to 10% of our brains. This system is capable of more. Maybe we can cross the limits of our brains with artificial intelligence, maybe a new generation of half-human, half-robot race can wipe Homo Sapiens off the Earth, or smart robots can enslave us.”
In South India, a yogi is approaching the announcer gavethe following answer. “Man has lost himself in this worldly illusion. He became Maya’s slave. He didn’t use his Atmanin the right way, which Brahma entrusted to him. Maybe the competition he is in with artificial intelligence will wake him from his sleep and remind him of his fate to reach nirvana.”
In Afghanistan, where poverty was still prevailing in many regions and terrorist forces fighting against the world peace force, a doctor said “thanks to organic robots, we will be able to eliminate all humanly health problems. When we produce a robot from start to finish, we will also be able to produce body parts. We need it so much here,” he said.
“A farm worker in Chile said, “I couldn’t live my life, because of the long, silly war that seemed as if it would never end. I’m going to die soon. I don’t have much time left in this world. How much would I wish to live longer with this new technology and extend my life. It would be nice to live with the 82-year-old experience of myself, who is younger but more knowledgeable and more conscious than my current state. Living in the body of an organic robot with the transfer of mind and living what I have missed to live till now is my dream in life” he said with crying eyes. The pain and the junkies he had been through was so obvious of his sad gaze.
In Tibet, the roof of the Earth, was full of tranquility as usual, as if nothing had happened. In the interview with Dalai Lama, he said that humanity has been awakened by spiritual energies since the 19th century and that the doors of a new era are now being opened. “This period will be the Golden Age of the world. The days when people will live together in love, peace and happiness are close.”
This program, which conveyed the ideas and opinions of the people in various parts of the world, seemed to continue until the ceremony that would begin at 12:00. Giuseppe turned off the holographic display in the middle of his room with a voice command to prepare for the meeting and review his team’s preparations one last time and left his room.
Giuseppe had a very different vision from many others as director of the Project Phoenix. They would use this artificial intelligence and robot technology to make time for humanity to mature itself and to live the world like in Ionia and Ancient Greece 2500 years ago. According to him, if they did not do this, Homo-Sapiens, that is, “the man who knows” had no future in this world. It’s time for people of Earth to become “self-conscious”. This blessed mission was his greatest service to humanity.
