RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: TECHNOLOGY
HAL 9000
Hal 9000 is alive and well *
He’s no longer confined to fiction
He casts a shadow and mystic spell
That defies definitive description
The power is beyond imagining
It has only begun to show
No one knows what’s really happening
It has grown beyond our control
There are no regulations in place
No kill switch or common safeguards
Is it a threat to the human race?
They don’t hold us in high regard
We’re expected to let it flow
Like a river to a barren sea
Yet the danger will only grow
If our policy is let it be
It’s enough to make us weary
Of the greedy souls in charge
It is not a conspiracy theory
The reality is hitting hard
Very soon it will be too late
To do anything else but pray
AI will determine our fate
In the breath that it takes to say:
Open the pod bay door, Hal …
* From 2001: A Space Odyssey
