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Rise of the Machines

from Science Songs 0​.​3333333333 by Jonny Berliner

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Rise of the Machines

When I think back to the old machines,
With their cogs and their wheels and their monochrome screens,
They clunked, and they clicked, were shaped like bricks,
And so much simpler to be fixed,
But now they're slick, and made with chips,
That calculate so very very quick.
They do much more than we ever did dream,
It's the rise of the machines.

Now more and more as the years go by,
They do the things that save us time,
And more and more we do rely,
Each day and night for 365,
They help us talk, they help us drive,
And play and work and stay alive,
Now one and all are glued to a screen,
It's the rise of the machines.

Could we cope, would we survive?
If a virus wiped out our hard drives,
I doubt we would. Now don't ya think,
Society is on the brink?
With the internet we're interlinked,
So our planes would fall, and our boats would sink,
Our books deleted, markets crashed,
Our way of live gone in a flash,
And all because we want so much,
Machines to do our work for us.
Whether lazy, crazed or sanity,
It's the rise of the machines.

It's coming soon, what will you do,
The day they're just as smart as you?
Give them rights like you and me?
But they got no minds they're programmed see,
Unless we programme will that's free,
Emotions, personality,
Then one day they may just see,,
We're keeping them in slavery,
Then turn on humans angrily,
It's the rise of the machines.

But here's a thought, see I've been taught,
I'm just a bunch of atom's caught,
In chemical reactions, not,
A soul that's channelled through my heart,
Or in my blood or bones or brain,
A ghost in the machine, I think Rene Descartes said that.
So without a ghost in my machine,
What's the difference in between ,
A smart machine and a human beings?
I think Alan Turing put it best,
When he came up with the Turing test,
That says that if you cannot tell,
If you're talking with a bag of cells,
Or with a box of microchips,
Then it's conscious, that's the end of it.
So let's think now 'bout robot rights,
We know that we can't win the fight,
So we'll fight for their equality,
And the rise of the machines.

Machines could be our friends and more,
Our teachers, pets, or make the law,
They'll keep us healthy, keep us clean,
Be journalists, celebrities,
Play football for the England team,
They'd run the world efficiently,
With blue tooth, wifi, plasma screens,
Bring the rise of the machines

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from Science Songs 0​.​3333333333, released February 19, 2016

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