Black Sabbath song: Computer God.
The song is about mankind's ultimate creation the computer god -
a powerful kind of artificial intelligence.
The song has a dystopian perspective envisioning the replacement of
the human species by computer and robot technology.
The technology described is purely logical and calculating with no
emotions. It is solely based on the dream of a more effecient world
than that of the humans---making the dreamer cold and unsympathetic.
Computer God
Waiting for the revolution
New clear vision - genocide
Computerize god - it's the new religion
Program the brain - not the heartbeat
Onward all you crystal soldiers
Touch tomorrow - energize
Digital dreams
And you're the next correction
Man's a mistake so we'll fix it, yeah
Take a look at your own reflection
Right before your eyes
It turns to steel
[Chorus:]
There's another side of heaven
This way - to technical paradise
Find it on the other side
When the walls fall down
Love is automatic pleasure
Virtual reality
Terminal hate - it's a calculation
Send in the child for connection
Take a look at the toys around you
Right before your eyes
The toys are real
[Chorus]
Midnight confessions
Never heal the soul
What you believe is fantasy
Your past is your future
Left behind
Lost in time
Will you surrender
Waiting for the revolution
Program the brain
Not the heartbeat
Deliver us to evil
Deny us of our faith
Robotic hearts bleed poison
On the world we populate
Virtual existence
With a superhuman mind
The ultimate creation
Destroyer of mankind
Termination of our youth
For we do not compute
No !
Quote
"Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks."
- Stephen Hawking, Stuart Russell, Max Tegmark, Frank Wilczek (The Independent, May 2014)
