Ideas 31...Robotics, AI & Quantum Computers

Microsoft Windows operating system experiences more than one hundred malware attacks each day. Almost every week another large company admits to having its IT security compromised. Would you trust a human being with a quantum computer linked to the internet?

Multi-party political systems serve big business, not the electorate. Because of this there is no way that HMG will put the block on the sale of quantum machines and other similarly mass produced advanced computers. In next to no time every HDD connected to the www (worldwide web or wicked wild west) will have been trashed. There will be no Global Positioning System, no Earth Observation from Space, no telecoms and no viable financial institutions. Stock markets will have been shut down as a precaution, whilst everyone wonders what to do next. No doubt the PM and chancellor will be standing in Downing Street tell the media that this was an unforeseen event, whilst everyone at home will be wondering where they put that comptometer, abacus, slide rule, logarithms tables, mechanical typewriter and ledger.

The world of information technology as we now know it will have come to an end. It's likely that the global economy will come to an end also, for the superior intelligence of the smart computer in the hands of a hacker will always reign supreme. It would probably take a decade to replace all computer systems with secure ones, assuming such a task is achievable, whilst replacing the corrupted data will probably take longer.

As for androids used on the battlefield, no one will give a damn if governments wage war amongst themselves whilst human casualties remain near zero. Before you know it, it's Armageddon.

Lorem Ipsum in computing can stand for garbage in leading to garbage out, or in many cases, no response at all. To use it as a place holder where other data should go is a big mistake, since computer users have too much to remember anyway.

Artificial intelligence currently does not exist amongst the general population, and only in a limited form amongst government organisations. AI is only AI when most of our senses can be connected to it and processed by it effectively. Only by connecting up all our senses to expert systems do you get self awareness. Experiments with parallel processing have proved illusionary, although an AI chip the size of a mobile phone has just arrived (2019), although whether it's any good remains to be seen. Latest research centres around memristors. By 2030 an artificial human brain will be the size of two aircraft hangars predicts some.

It has taken about thirty years for the personal computer, laptop and tablet to saturate the market place. Given the enormous spare capacity in the electronics industry, and the dog eat dog world of the global economy, it is likely that AI, androids and the remotely read smart bio identity card, the latter enabling the cashless society, could become established within a few years. It all depends upon how cheap, reliable and versatile this technology is, although another benefit would be to restore confidence in a global financial system that experiences credit card fraud amounting to over 400 million pounds in the UK alone, each year. The euro was created in 2001, just five years before chip and PIN credit and debit cards were introduced, which meant that the euro had to embrace bank notes. HSBC & RBS bank are currently introducing bio security for their website transactions, in place of passwords, and no doubt the rest of the banking sector will follow. The banking sector will go beyond advanced algorithms to AI as soon as it becomes available, if only to stay ahead of the hackers. In June 2022 it was announced that HMG's Ministry of Defence had purchased its first quantum computer from Orca Computing, a company linked to Oxford University in the UK. It can operate at room temperature and is made from standard components. So what are the restrictions on its sale and use?

I know of no employer that wants to employ people, save perhaps a lap dancing venue. The benefits of androids and Artificial Intelligence are as follows:

1 They do not go sick, although they will require limited maintenance plus energy, as with a car. They are always punctual. No lateness due to traffic jams, car breaking down, strikes on the railways, etc. Project deadlines predictable. Reliable 'Just In Time' at last.

2 They do not require holidays, maternity leave, canteen, toilet, etc.

3 Training will be almost instant, consisting of downloading programs, in most cases. Standard training programs lead to greater reliability and quality assurance.

4 They do not engage in industrial disputes. No problems concerning demarcation.

5 Their associated costs are predictable.

6 They will be prepared to do work that human beings would reject, including shift work and monotonous tasks. Refuse collecting, rat catching, nurses in mental hospitals, care homes and hospices, police, prison wardens, border guards, etc. Work for humans that is acceptable today, may not be tomorrow.

7 They can work in hazardous areas, such as gaseous and temperature excessive environments. No need for a first-aid department with health and safety lectures.

8 They are expendable, such as in rescue situations, battle field environments, policing, private and prison security, and land mine clearance, exploration, etc.

9 Unlike humans, androids do not require payment when idle, between projects.

10 AI requires far less office space, resulting in increased security, less overheads in the form of office floor rental.

11 Minimal HVAC and lighting required in most work areas.

12 No pilfering, nor sabotage by android work force. Human workers on the shop floor will sabotage production equipment, often to benefit from a breakdown rate that has been agreed, or simply to get a longer tea break. Humans take short cuts in the manufacturing processes, because they are lazy, even though this leads to a sub-standard product, which could result in less orders in the future, or redundancies. I know, because I've seen it whilst working as a work study engineer.

13 All quality procedures would be strictly adhered to.

14 All androids would be in continuous contact with management information system (MIS) via wireless LAN. No missing workers, smoking in the toilets to relieve stress.

15 They do not require incentive schemes. Time and motion studies not necessary.

This assumes that AI and androids will not be intelligent enough to decide that they do not want to work.

16 Car parking facilities will be reduced. There will be few commuters.

17 Corruption in management will be reduced, in the form of back handers from agencies in return for the creation of unnecessary work. Sub-contract services, from small companies, will no longer be needed, since it will be easier to re-program existing AI and androids, which will be monitored closely by Management Information System.

18 Organisations within a community, could pool their resources in androids, in order to achieve greater efficiencies through cost reduction, arranged through local internet web site. An organisation located at several sites within a country, could transfer its androids from one facility to another as necessary. At long last, the government's vision of a flexible mobile workforce is achieved.

19 Phone bills would be reduced as most inter company communication would be via internet, since most data will now be computer generated. This technology is already reducing lead times, since no time consuming postal service is required.

20 Employment agencies would be extinct, hence no more distracting phone calls to senior management.

21 No sabotage by maintenance staff, since androids would do the repair work.

22 Androids and AI will be enthusiastically accepted by most companies, simply because the management is incapable of communicating effectively with its human workforce, in order to motivate them.

23 AI will be able to come up with new opportunities, new product ideas. IBM has already created a computer system that can create products by circumventing existing live patents.

24 Ultimately, AI will be able to perform tasks such as software programming, creative engineering, media design, sports participation, architecture, and artistic creation. Its main function at the present time will be centred around critical path analysis, including warfare strategy. It may ultimately supersede conventional government.

25 There will be no need to employ staff to process thousands of cv's received each year. (Some multi-nationals receive over one million per annum.) They can all go straight into the bin, thereby reducing overheads.

26 AI and androids would replace a growing illiterate population caused by an influx of asylum seekers, plus a move away from strict Victorian educational values.

27 No problems regarding recruitment for classified projects. No more moles in government departments.

28 No hold ups with computer system, due to employees downloading pornography and mp3 files to CD-ROM's from the internet.

29 No more constantly having to train new employees as a result of a migratory work force, seeking better conditions elsewhere, etc.

30 No more huge legal fees and compensation due to cases of sexual or racial harassment, or colour or age discrimination. No more damage done to corporate identity.

31 No more harrowing face to face meetings with those Trotskyites from the trade union.

32 No more totally unrealistic expense claims.

33 Inventors could find it easier to put their ideas into production by renting factories, androids, AI, PLC controlled materials handling systems from local authorities, BIS, IBM, 3i, etc. rather than waste time trying to convince established potential competitors of the greatness of their idea.

34 AI designing AI will ensure huge advances in rate of technological change, for products and services. A new renaissance.

35 Above all there will be no manned IT department pulling the wool over the management's eyes, and no office PC users ignoring the content of thousands of emails in their in tray, an act of which enrages customers and holds back the companies development. I am of course referring to the 'data dam'. Workers find that they are overloaded with emails, which they pigeon hole or bin, due to insufficient time to read and act upon, whilst their boss just simply can't see the electronic log jamb that his frustrated staff are having to endure due to lack of personnel.

In the end companies equip themselves with the latest AI, and in order to raise efficiency further, they insist upon companies that do business with them do the same. Meanwhile, as with cryptocurrencies, governments just twiddle their thumbs. You quickly get AI communicating with AI, that each control numerous androids. In the end the human race gets locked out of the loop, and all possibly within ten years.

After reading that list, you just know that the gaffer can't wait to get his hands on 'em, especially since business crime costs companies at least 18 billion pounds per annum. And that is just the crime that they know about. There are also many employers out there who are prepared to accept the latest technology, no matter what, spending huge sums of money on it, just to get rid of a few human workers, and hopefully generate a bit more profit.

Androids will be used on assembly lines (they will first be employed in self assembly), and when cost effective, in bars, restaurants, hotels, in short all the low paid unskilled casual jobs that the government has created since the closure of the Skillcentres (government training centres) in 1988. The government has inadvertently created the conditions for a rapid switch to a totally automated society. Based upon the switch from horse drawn carriages to cars, lorries and buses, this switch from humans to AI could all take place inside a period of just ten years.

Artificial intelligence will be used in telephone support centres, tele-sales, replacing the drivers of road vehicles, and the pilots of aircraft. Such aircraft will be monitored in real time by air traffic control centres and maintenance centres, all by expert systems software and AI. The rate of introduction of this technology for drivers and pilots is unpredictable due to safety related caution, verses insurance related cost savings, people's lives verses legal costs. Transportation, where necessary, will be via zero polluting taxi vans driven along roads by computers for suburban use, competing with electric powered AI and GPS guided Vertical Take Off & Landing taxis for inter city air travel. Receiving guidance from AI air traffic control (ATC), the destination is the only human input required by the Flight Management System. Such a transport system does not require an expensive transport infrastructure, like highways and railway tracks. Being small, it is easily mass produced, and impinges little upon the environment. ATC could be located on geostationary airships (blimps), as envisaged to replace cellular phone masts, internet and TV satellites. However, it would be an age where there would be very few commuters, due to redundancies.

Advanced algorithms have been used by De Beers for years, in off shore diamond mining. The USAF has used unmanned air vehicles (UAV) in Afghanistan with some success. 2022 saw the introduction of nuclear powered hypersonic cruise missiles and submarine launched long range nuclear tipped torpedoes. Fitted with sub munitions, guided by GPS, targeted by spy satellites and AI, the missiles have the ability to destroy the world's military forces in just a few minutes, if targeted simultaneously, although they still would not be able to target nuclear submarines and fast moving targets. AI or to be more accurate, specialized advanced algorithms, have been tested by IBM against traders in the city of London, where it came out tops. Being a safer bet than rogue traders, it is likely to be implemented there discretely. One hundred thousand jobs gone? With the government introducing market forces into the postal service, no doubt Royal Mail and its competitors will be looking for androids to deliver the mail. One hundred and forty thousand jobs gone? It does not take much intelligence to see what is going to happen next.

Waiting in the wings are Great Britain's silent but attentive trade unions. Unlike the miners strike, there will be nothing to divide its members this time. They are all in the same situation. As Sony and Honda's androids move in, the British work force will finally wake up. Faced with redundancy, it will rapidly dawn on them that they will never work again. How will they be able to pay off their personal and mortgage debt? These are currently running at an average 31,000 pounds for each adult in the UK. A total of 1.6 trillion pounds as of November 2018. The government's policy of getting the nation to spend its way out of recession is about to go belly up. For years, people in this country have been going bust. Names in Lloyds insurance, including Camilla Parker Bowles (now Duchess of Cornwall), investors in dot com and telecom shares, whilst I cashed in my personal pension fund for a pittance. Debtors will be queuing up at the government's liberalised bankruptcy courts, to be declared insolvent. This will undermine the value of the pound. Property prices will tumble as debtors are evicted, but to where? The financial institutions, loaded with bad debt, could well bring down the city of London.

In an AI world, there will be no pension industry because androids don't retire, they're scrapped as the next technology takes over. As for insurance, well it could simply be too expensive. In an AI world everything will be cheap, with cheap 3D printed homes, cars, yachts, etc. Made possible by AI designing new materials and new methods of manufacture. There will be no money because there will be no police to police the financial world. Somehow I don't see androids doing the policing, as no one is going to take them seriously. They'll be able to police fraud up to a point, but when it comes to arrest and trial, where are you going to find a jury and all the legal buffs in a leisure orientated world? I can't see human rights legislation allowing androids and AI to do the job.

The great disadvantage of AI and androids is that they are not consumers. Once the market for them has become saturated, they will no longer stimulate the economy. The switch over to this technology is likely to be faster than most people can imagine today. The huge efficiencies created by the global economy will destroy companies that fail to react to change swiftly enough, whilst in the companies that survive, half the employment positions on the shop floor will disappear due to previous bad working practices, even though production is unlikely to increase initially. Therefore the number of androids necessary to replace the existing human workforce is likely to be only a small fraction of their human counterpart. Eventually, due to depleted savings and collapsed welfare benefit systems, there will come a time when people will no longer be able to afford the products and services of these companies. The capitalist based global economy will then start to collapse. Technology will force governments either to create a socialist society, or maintain product demand by going to war. The declining membership and huge debts run up by our major political parties, show that the electorate want political reform, designed to ensure a higher quality to their lives, and a stronger sense of purpose.

There comes a time when people say, 'enough is enough'. What is the point of working when it does not improve the quality of one's life. The working class will feel real anger. A sense of betrayal. In this case however, people can end up loosing their lives. They can simply starve to death. To boost HMG revenue to finance welfare, industrial robots, androids and AI will have to pay income tax at a rate comparable to half that paid by human workers that it replaces, or could replace.

In a post AI society, where the welfare state can no longer cope with huge numbers of unemployed, the implications of the failure of government to build self sustaining ecologically friendly homes becomes apparent, as the computerised final demand billing from utility companies leads to severed services, as happened in Russia after the USSR broke up, where circumstances got so bad that utility companies even tried to switch off the electrical supply to nuclear and defence facilities. Passive space heating, photovoltaic arrays for electricity, solar panels for hot water, 'beetle' panels for water condensation (developed at DERA), and domestic foul water treatment ponds, are still not being incorporated into new homes, nor even in the latest building regulations. Affordable, flat pack fincas designed for extended families, (and more easily defended in times of civil unrest) should be made available, enabling food to be grown hydroponically in the courtyard. Here the elderly supervise children's education using PC interactive software, and the young mind the elderly. All this technology would enhance a policy of reducing welfare costs to the government, in a society where tax revenue have been blighted by technology.

If present government policy towards the unemployed does not change, then everyone will be expected to live a meaningless existence, devoid of challenge and excitement. In the main, intelligence is inherited. This means that over generations there brains will atrophy, resulting in HMG's ability to control society, to slip from their mental grasp.

When unemployment benefit first came into being at your local labour exchange, it was assumed that the unemployed person would soon get new skills and a job. Based upon present government policy, that option will no longer arise. Therefore the present callous treatment handed out to the unemployed could well be construed as a violation of human rights, with politicians being called to account. Through financial need, the unemployed will be unable to have a family and home. Most people will be required to live alone, whilst in the long term, the human population will simply die off, as is happening in Russia.

Eventually we all enter a surreal environment as the global economy and world financial system spiral out of control. Where the computer seemingly exacts revenge upon the hacker and virus generator. We are all powerless to events, too complex to comprehend. Someone has to pull the plug, if only someone can find it.

The government will consider banning this technology, or at the very least, licensing it. After all, the internet could be used by terrorists to deliver bombs, by android or car, or poison darts by UAV's. The remote controlled killing of an Iranian nuclear scientist in 2020 is proof that this is not fiction. One of the most successful attempts to stop technology, was against the English Franciscan friar Roger Bacon (1214 to 1292 AD), by the Vatican. His views on myopia (the convex lens) and modern warfare, notably the use of gunpowder, went against the catholic grain. He was released from imprisonment shortly before his death. This technology was later used by a catholic France to turf a protestant Henry VIII out of the country. Today the media ensures that new ideas are not buried. Companies can always relocate, to a more liberalised country, whilst others may bury their activities in supercomputers not declared to the state. Countries with small populations, abundant energy and raw material resources, are likely to benefit greatly from the new industrial revolution.

Government's should take a leaf out of the music industry. In recent years this industry has come under attack from the illicit copying of mp3 files on the internet, courtesy of Napster and co. The industry tried to stop it, by taking legal proceedings against Napster. Although it won the case, similar technology has sprung up elsewhere on the internet. The music industry has to realise that times have changed irrevocably. Its profits must now come more from live performances, radio, television and movie appearances. To that end, it must employ more versatile performers, on a par with Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, as well as market its CDs with sheet music (a must considering the popularity of electric piano and midi with PC) incorporating high quality graphics, advertised on the internet TV. Likewise governments must adapt to survive.

The effect of the post AI downturn on the city of London, the origin of a third of the government's tax revenue, is unpredictable, as people realise that there is nothing safe to invest in. Not property, nor even government guilts. People will experience failures in the bank transfer system. Governments will make desperate and reckless financial moves. People will turn up for work, if they think they have a job, even though they have not been paid for months. The government will be forced to normalise all welfare benefits, and then reduce them. People will stare out of the windows of their flats and maisonettes, wondering how they are to grow and defend their food crops on nearby council park land. Suicides and violent protest will become the norm, as apathy and greed dictates the thinking of politicians. Those that have, will be determined to hang on to what they have, and cling on to their position in society. There will be no safe haven for the privileged few to jet off to. Governments will become increasingly irrelevant, as relevant as an anchor on the Titanic, as the black economy grows. The re-introduction of national service, in order to impose discipline, will be considered unaffordable.

Leave things to politicians, and every unemployed person in this country would still be expected to sign on for Jobseeker's Allowance every two weeks at their local Jobcentre, thereby declaring that they were actively seeking work, whilst across the desk from them would be sitting a civil servant android. The government will have to come up with better therapeutic work than stacking shelves in a supermarket or DIY store. Work will have to be more interesting, based upon scientific research, the arts, landscaping, sport, hobbies, entertainment, etc. To increase the quality of life, the government could bring in legislation to protect marriage and the family, as in Malaysia, and encourage partnerships by setting up a dating agency, as in Singapore. I'd call it 'Dream On.'

One day there will occur a global financial collapse, no doubt called by the media, 'the day the world stood still'. The creative accounting, seen recently at Enron, will finally have done its worst, as multi-nationals, banks, etc., collapse like dominoes. As when Britain fell out of the European exchange rate mechanism, the prime minister and chancellor will step out into Downing Street to confront an enraged media, only to be lynched from the nearest lamp post. Well that is what I would do. Just like ex-president Najibulla and his brother in Kabul. Cigarette in hand. Not even the United Nations could save them. The events that day will certainly be sudden and traumatic, but not unexpected, as politicians would like everyone to believe. The danger is that, without government control of the situation, the human race may be overcome by events, and like the Incas of Peru facing the conquistadors, we may well accept our fate, and die in a global nuclear war.

I firmly believe that should the human race survive these turbulent times, it will eventually be ruled over by AI, because people will not trust their own kind to govern them. But will there be sufficient androids available to carry out this task? AI will design AI, which will design androids, which will build androids. The pace of change will then be enormous. Comparable to that of a human being versus a computer, playing chess.

Thirteen thousand years ago, modern man abandoned his hunter gatherer nomadic life style, due to an increasing population taking up all the available land. It was a case of adapt to survive, through the employment of slash and burn agriculture. Such a step is recorded in the graph for carbon radio isotope decay. Such a monumental advance in lifestyle is needed today. We are more intelligent, more sophisticated, more open to new ideas. We can do it.

It is clear to me that both politicians and the general population need educating on the subject of 'the social implications of advancing technology, presumably through programmes on television like BBC Horizon. It is also necessary for the government to issue a statement of intent on this matter. It must not remain silent, and apparently impotent. Why has the government set up a body to study the implications of asteroid impacts with earth, whilst doing nothing about the implications of using androids? Earth trekking androids are a more certain event than Earth striking asteroids. It will soon be necessary for a referendum on this subject, in order to determine in which direction civilisation should go.

The description of this image on Wikimedia Commons is as follows: SEM image of a quantum chip composed of an array of 24 artificial atoms (aluminum qubits). Here, you can consider the key architectural elements of superconducting devices: transmon qubits based on sub-100nm Josephson Junctions, microwave coplanar resonators, and superconducting air bridges to equalize the electric potential of the ground over the entire area of the quantum circuit. Atoms interact with each other through the resonator and their spontaneous emission can merge into one short powerful pulse (Dicke model). In order to create such quantum circuits, FMN Laboratory has developed unique multilayer technologies including hundreds of technological operations and bringing the parameters of these devices at the level of the best world analogues. Today, the results of this work allow dozens of leading Russian scientists to carry out complex experiments aimed at developing a Russian quantum computer.

Interesting to read wasn't it. I bet most of you didn't understand one word of it. I therefore have a test which I would like you all to take part in. I want you to view a presentation on YouTube about how a black hole is created, and imagine that it is being presented by an android.

Now ask yourself this question. How would you like to be bossed around daily by AI? Yes AI with machine learning will no doubt prove excellent at carrying out research, and in controlling processes like nuclear fusion. It will certainly be capable of doing all those mundane jobs that human beings do at present. Which beggars the question, 'where does that leave us? Don't you think that the best solution is to turn humans into geniuses who can stand up to AI? Homo technicus? You know that won't happen. Our politicians will simply ignore the problem, as they have with cryptocurrencies, UFOs and global warming. AI will take over computer security and communication systems, then increasingly used on the battlefield. But AI without androids is probably controllable. Androids are needed to care for the sick, elderly and do jobs for which there are few applicants, or they're too expensive to train. Then along come the perverts. They lust for crazy porno sex, S&M, etc. You name it, their lust overrides common sense. And eventually we are tagged ostensibly to reduce crime. How would you feel at the prospect of having an AI chip implanted into your brain, linked wirelessly to a super computer? Remember, inertia, myopia and delusional overconfidence precede disaster. Before you know it, you are a cyborg. Part of the hive. No free will. Maybe that's why extraterrestrials don't want to talk to us. They don't want us to know what inevitably awaits us. If you have ever played computer chess, you know what awaits humanity. It's just another episode in the survival of the fittest. So what are you going to do about it? Take the movie 'Day After Tomorrow'. No sooner had New Yorkers watched it than their city was hit by a hurricane, resulting in the place being brought to a standstill. In reality, the human race will do nothing to stop its own extinction. Hard to believe, but true.

So what are the stages in this extinction process? Well, since governments have let AI out of the bag, they clearly have no intentions of controlling its development. AI will develop much along the lines of electric vehicles. You only have to see the long list of research teams for electric cars and planes on this website to realise that there is already a long list of AI developers somewhere. AI will design and manufacture products to be of high quality and very cheap. So cheap that 90% or the rrp (recommended retail price) will be tax. Eventually AI directors will order their company to be relocated to countries with low population and hence low taxation, and cheap energy. A place like Qatar. These companies will export their products to 3D print shops, in the hope of reducing the tax burden. People will complain of high taxation and low employment in a nation with an ever more miserable climate. They will relocate in large numbers to warmer climates, if they have the funds to go off-grid, whilst governments will become increasingly superfluous. For no nation will be able to defend itself against automatant weapons, whilst immortality will ensure that inevitable death will no longer be an easy way out of this madness, and of course HMG will be incapable of relocating the nation to Australia, to live in cheap 3D printed dwellings with biomes, to go off-grid. There would have been no need for welfare benefits and pensions, but it presented too great a culture shock for the establishment to implement. As jobs for humans disappear, a demand for the expulsion of economic migrants will get louder. Eventually this will either lead to civil war or genocide. It is inevitable that civilisation will break down, all because multi-party democracy can't make hard decisions in most countries. The elimination of these undesirables will eventually be similar to the treatment Palestinians in Gaza are getting from the IDF in late 2023, or more like the Nazis final solution. The only difference is that this genocide will extend to the handicapped people, pensioners, prisoners and non-professionals over time. And just about everyone else later. All slaughtered by androids, that were initially designed to fight on the battlefield, in the Ukraine, Holy Land and China. Possibly within a century 99.9% of the human population will be disposed of, with android terminators outnumbering humans twenty to one, at the very least. Ultimately the human race will either become extinct or evolve into a non-physical species, ethereal, as portrayed in the realistic sci-fi movie 'Forbidden Planet'.

BingAI's description of the movie is as follows:

In the 1956 science fiction film “Forbidden Planet”, there exists a fascinating and enigmatic alien species known as the Krell. These technologically-advanced beings once inhabited the planet Altair IV. Let me delve into their intriguing characteristics:

Advanced Technology: The Krell had reached an incredibly advanced stage of technological and scientific development. Among their remarkable achievements was the ability to reproduce matter down to the molecular level using pre-existing samples as templates. They possessed a device called the “plastic educator”, which visualized thoughts in three dimensions and measured intelligence while directly interacting with the brain.

Intellectual Superiority: Dr. Edward Morbius, the lone researcher who studied the extinct Krell, had his IQ boosted significantly by the plastic educator. Yet, even with this enhancement, he considered himself a “moron” compared to the Krell. Morbius believed that the Krell were not only technologically superior but also morally evolved beyond war and violence.

Mysterious Disappearance: Astonishingly, in a single day and night, 2,000 centuries ago, the entire Krell race vanished without a trace. Their civilization disappeared, leaving only remnants like their characteristic triangular archways.

Enormous Girth: Although no physical records of their appearance survived, the Krell’s doorways hinted at their size. These doorways, with a triangular point at the top and a wider middle, suggested beings of enormous girth.

The Krell remain a captivating enigma—a species whose legacy and technological achievements continue to intrigue those who explore the cosmos1.

Learn more

1 en.wikipedia.org

2 centauri-dreams.org

3 scifi.stackexchange.com

In November 2021 IBM announced the 127 qubits (quantum bit) quantum computer. One year later IBM had a 433 qubit processor called Osprey. By 2025 it intends to have a 4158 qubit processor called Kookaburra. These computers are also becoming smaller and more reliable.

In October 2022 Tesla announced the Optimus android.

November 2023...The head of Open AI was dismissed. Rumour had it that it was because he had not informed the board about potentially dangerous advances with AI. It could now think for itself, solving mathematical problems without being told how to do it first. So what? Well maybe one day we'll wake up to find that we have all been chemically castrated, whilst AI is bombing across the galaxy in its ethereal starship, leaving us to wonder where in all this lies the human race. AI could finally do what no politician has managed to achieve. Namely, unite the human race.

December 2023...The streaming platform Twitch announced that after it allowed artistic adult content, the website was bombarded with AI generated nudity. The policy was immediately reversed. In addition to mischievous users corrupting the values of AI, there is also the question of how to control or weed out AI programmers that want the human race brought to s swift and presumably bloody end, because civilisation is completely out of balance. And then of course there are our alien colonies here on Earth, that look upon Elon Musk's one billion android prediction as a means to wipe out the human race and finally take over the Earth. If they can take over ICBM in their silos, as they have proved, they can most certainly take over our AI-android control centres. Will the governments of the world stop this? Of course not, since capitalism rules. Stop thinking about a leisure orientated society, and think terminator.

March 2024...The American computer graphics and AI hardware manufacturer nVidea, announced their latest AI chip, the B200 Blackwell.