The Prediction

The machine read the next prediction: “A zoo with dinosaurs will open in 25 years.”

It computed all the information on zoos and dinosaurs, sought out all the samples that could be useful, invested computing power into figuring out a strategy, deployed robots to build all the required facilities and began research to create living dinosaurs.

Even a business model was carefully crafted.

25 years later, the new zoo opened.

The machine, engineered to fulfill the predictions of past scientists, read the next prediction: “A self-sufficient space station will orbit the Sun.”

That was an easy one. All the necessary technology already existed, it was mostly a matter of hard work, and machines were very good at working hard.

Shortly after, a new space station was orbiting the Sun.

Then, the machine read another prediction: “The human race will go extinct in 50 years.”