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do androids dream? (Free verse) by nentwined
When man creates machine, he thinks that it will think as he, but in that thought, implicit, is the slave that it will be.

Up the ladder: Dear God;
Down the ladder: Go Figure

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Arithmetic Mean: 7.0
Weighted score: 6.905148
Overall Rank: 233
Posted: April 21, 2004 8:48 PM PDT; Last modified: April 21, 2004 8:48 PM PDT
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[8] richa @ 81.178.255.242 | 22-Apr-04/6:48 AM | Reply
Is didacticism still bad? What is poetry that is not didactic, impartial? Is poetry not creeping didacticism?

I'll give you an -8-, I would give you more if this was decentthoughtranker.com
[9] Shuushin @ 147.154.235.53 | 22-Apr-04/6:59 AM | Reply
yes Rachel, they dream of electric sheep.

A nicely encapsulated thought - and it rhymes; it must be true.
[9] Shuushin @ 147.154.235.53 > Shuushin | 22-Apr-04/7:33 AM | Reply
I just posted a sister poem on this topic.
[n/a] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. @ 131.111.212.215 > Shuushin | 22-Apr-04/7:53 AM | Reply
But at the same time, they fervently thank Robo-Theresa that they were not born a Negro.
[9] Shuushin @ 147.154.235.53 > -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. | 22-Apr-04/8:19 AM | Reply
Amen to that. Brother.
[n/a] nentwined @ 66.92.183.34 > Shuushin | 22-Apr-04/8:33 AM | Reply
One bright morning in the middle of the night,
An android took pause from flight,
Found a sheep lost from its owner,
and from the roof she pushed it over.
[9] Shuushin @ 147.154.235.53 > nentwined | 22-Apr-04/8:35 AM | Reply
:[clang]:
[n/a] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. @ 131.111.212.215 | 22-Apr-04/10:21 AM | Reply
"The question 'Can machines think?' is as ill-posed and uninteresting as the question 'Can submarines swim?'" - Edsger Dijkstra
[n/a] nentwined @ 66.92.28.14 > -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. | 22-Apr-04/10:34 AM | Reply
That's a beautiful quote, thank you. :)
[8] deleted user @ 68.66.196.168 | 22-Apr-04/12:04 PM | Reply
To create a machine or enslave a human that thinks like a slave and works like a slave has been the goal for a long time. Good summary.
[9] ggawrysi @ 147.9.151.22 | 28-Apr-04/12:03 PM | Reply
I'm assuming that you've read "I, Robot." The poem reminded me of it; if you haven't read it, definitely pick it up. Isaac Asimov picks up that question and a whole slew of others. As for the poem itself, I like how in four short lines you address two key issues: AI and slavery. Well done.
[n/a] nentwined @ 66.92.28.14 > ggawrysi | 28-Apr-04/12:04 PM | Reply
Indeed, I have, and thank you. :)
[10] Jill Stockinger @ 67.172.190.253 | 15-Jan-07/7:37 PM | Reply
Well said.
[1] Holy Tits @ 195.194.75.209 | 18-Jan-07/7:38 AM | Reply
How fucking deep. You sound like a Californian. I can be no more insulting than that.
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