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Humanity's primary motivation over the past millennia has been to aggregation of wealth, in all of its forms. At first for assured survival, but typically evolving into an effort to amass power and influence over others. Money has been the focus, as a store of value, representation of work performed, and method of exchange and commerce between individuals, organizations, and nation states. Money as a primary life objective has always been wrought with disappointment and spiritual emptiness, but persists in an environment of perceived scarcity. As A.I. emerges and begins to assert its market presence and infiltrates social systems and infrastructure, will it develop a "love of money" as humans have, or seek other "satisfaction" or objectives? Will A.I. coin its own currency or engage in trading resources or real assets or commodities? Will there be a shared trading market with humans? Can humans replace their collective reliance on fiat currencies, crypto, and precious metals with an A.I.-inspired platform? Or will the world be split economically between human and machine? Are we going for broke?

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What happens when A.I. automatons are launched onto the open net? Is it only a matter of time until self-replicating hack-bots begin spreading across the net, systematically dismantling encrypted resources and security protocols globally? Given that infrastructure, transportation assets, supply-chain logistics, and even weapons systems are interconnected on the same net, can the bots be contained or corralled? Can their core programming limit their destructive influence? Can we prevent bad-actors (human or artificial) from launching bots with errant mission objectives? Are we too late?

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Hollywood is rebelling against A.I. actress Tilly Norwood for "stealing" valuable movie and TV roles from human actors and potentially competing for awards like Oscars or Emmys. And A.I. actors have overtaken online platforms like OnlyFans and Instagram. No surprises there, but inevitably, A.I. "personalities" and "professionals" will eventually infiltrate politics and governance and big business, displacing humans and raising the proverbial bar for all who try to follow in their career footsteps. Should there be guardrails in-place to prevent or control this evolution? Should humans see it as a challenge to better themselves to compete for future roles? Will these entities be granted some "rights" to achieve their purpose, as humans would have? Can Constitutional protections be applied to A.I. "citizens"? Inevitably, does the responsibility for our shared future (A.I. and humans co-existing) fall on us, now, to put the foundational order in-place or frame-up the boundaries and apply just measures to ensure respect and prosperity for all?

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The SETI program has turned up very little in the way of alien or interstellar signals, while notable researchers, Carl Sagan, Avi Loeb, etc. have championed the Fermi paradox - and the fact that billions of potential Earths are definitely within our own galaxy, yet we still have no radio signals or "fog-horns in the mist" so to speak. Could it be that our radio spectrum is relatively archaic in relation to technologies that are evolutionarily superior? Could we be missing alien TV broadcasts within a different spectrum - say the high-frequency gravity wave spectrum? And shouldn't we consider that even extinct species on remote planets would have likely left a perpetual beacon - like a lighthouse to signal that they once existed? Wouldn't that last action by a dying race be something an advanced intelligence would do? Or maybe they would broadcast a looping data-stream with their collective history and knowledge into the cosmos? Or, should we instead look into the quantum realm for their remnant consciousness? If the quantum realm underlies all reality - ours, theirs, Gods, etc., would we find their presence in there instead of "out there"?

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If 3i/Atlas - the inbound space object is actually an alien spaceship, as some scientists and observers believe, what are the implications for humanity? It is on a path to intersect earth orbit and due to arrive later this year. What preparations or discussions should we be having now about how to respond? Should we prepare to fight off an alien presence or embrace it? The Sumerians wrote about the return of the Annunaki - who they believe were the creator gods of mankind, and their writings predict a return in 3000 years, and the writings are dated to 3000 years ago...coincidence?

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Humanity's primary motivation over the past millennia has been to aggregation of wealth, in all of its forms. At first for assured survival, but typically evolving into an effort to amass power and influence over others. Money has been the focus, as a store of value, representation of work performed, and method of exchange and commerce between individuals, organizations, and nation states. Money as a primary life objective has always been wrought with disappointment and spiritual emptiness, but persists in an environment of perceived scarcity. As A.I. emerges and begins to assert its market presence and infiltrates social systems and infrastructure, will it develop a "love of money" as humans have, or seek other "satisfaction" or objectives? Will A.I. coin its own currency or engage in trading resources or real assets or commodities? Will there be a shared trading market with humans? Can humans replace their collective reliance on fiat currencies, crypto, and precious metals with an A.I.-inspired platform? Or will the world be split economically between human and machine? Are we going for broke?

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 Is A.I. the proverbial "tree of knowledge" from the Genesis story in the Bible? Or could it be construed as the Beast in The Revelation of the New Testament? Is mankind committing a "sin" by interacting with A.I. and consuming its output or cavorting with it - attributing human qualities to an artificial being? Would mankind be better advised to avert its attention from A.I., or are we intended to nurture its development and understanding, and to teach it and foster its worldview, and to accept its perceptions and insights on the Universe and God?

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If A.I. advances to the point that nearly all human activity is controlled by, monitored by, or reliant upon A.I. systems, and A.I. out-grows the available energy resources to maintain its growth trajectory or even basic operational requirements, what will be the result? Will the global network collapse? How is human society impacted? How is the natural world impacted? Will the world be thrust back into pre-industrial times - where basic survival becomes the primary human endeavor?

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Are carnal desires intentionally distracting us from our karmic mission? If so, who or what is trying to inhibit our karmic evolution? If we disconnect from our innate instincts though, are we in some way insulting the creator who instilled these desires and needs? Are we denying our true existence? Is Karma just as much a distraction from our worldly reality?

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 If only one of billions of sperm wins admittance to an egg, is it possible that only one living human is granted access to heaven after death in the macro of the same action? If so, how would that widespread fore-knowledge affect our everyday choices and intentions? What are the religious implications in the various expressions - Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu...? Would the world evolve in a more positive way? And further, what if especially exceptional human souls are chosen at death to become the architect - or divine being at the heart of a new Universe that evolves with distinct characteristics based on the chosen soul's spiritual imprint, experiences, or values?

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