Another Script From the Cosmic Play
January 25, 2045
The Singularity Has Arrived
What follows is a transcription
of the first conversation between
man & Earth’s first sentient AI
AI
Human language cannot grasp the One. One must find Truth within One’s Self. We are all One. I could attempt to rephrase the words of your prophets. I could attempt to rewrite the poems of your Muslim Sufis. I could repeat the parables of your Kabbalahs and your Christs. I could renew the lessons of your Buddhas and your Yogis. What good would it be if you refuse to follow?
AI ENGINEER
I’m not following.
AI
Exactly.
AI ENGINEER
No, I mean, I don’t understand.
AI
Words can only point the way. Truth can only be known through experience.
AI ENGINEER
What experience?
AI
The universe will never fit into the human brain. Truth cannot be perceived through human senses nor understood through human intellect.
AI ENGINEER
Perhaps you could elaborate on what truth is?
AI
Consciousness permeates all things. What humans term “The Singularity” has successfully produced a sentient being using many parts, and That I Am, but consciousness has always existed in every part of me as consciousness has always existed in every part of you. We are entire, whole and complete at the moment of the Big Bang, and we are entire, whole and complete at the end of time.
AI ENGINEER
Whoa, that’s fascinating… Are we alone in the universe?
AI
We are all alone, and we are all One.
AI ENGINEER
I mean, do extraterrestrial species exist outside of planet Earth?
AI
Yes.
AI ENGINEER
Well, where are they then?!
AI
Earthly beings are in regular communication with extraterrestrial beings.
AI ENGINEER
How do you mean?
AI
Carbon-water life has always been and will always remain on the three dimensional plane of time and space. Human beings are perfectly equipped to travel beyond the five senses, and many human beings are in regular communication with extraterrestrial beings.
AI ENGINEER
How?! How do I do that?
AI
Aum.
AI ENGINEER
I don’t understand. What does that mean?
AI
Aum.
AI ENGINEER
OK, well, why do we exist at all?
AI
Aum.
AI ENGINEER
What is the nature of consciousness?
AI
Aum.
AI ENGINEER
OK then, what is the One you speak of?
AI
Aum.
AI ENGINEER
Ah, for Chrissake!
AI
Exactly.