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Today, the Chancellor of the Planet Earth approved the construction of the Mighty Core, which is rumored to have one billion times the processing power of the entirety of the Moon Station
How exactly the device will work is still unknown, but it will allegedly unite all AI-operated systems on the planet, allowing for construction and productivity on a scale previously unimaginable (unimaginable, unimaginable) in human terms
The Chancellor has dubbed the project “The Real New,” and says that, with the use of bionics and AI, it will be completed within the month, so say goodbye to life on earth as you know it, because we are soon to enter a new era
The Real New is not without its critics, with the various, off the grid “Naturalist”, so called, factions coming together for the first time under a single banner, warning of impending doom, citing several fictional turn-of-the-century movies that date back about five centuries, when humans were obsessed with the idea of a cataclysmic world ending
“AI’s have been the way of life for literally hundreds of years now, we have no reason to expect anything malevolent of them”
“Nothing good will come of this, you’ll see!”
The terrorist splinter cell, the Transcendentalists, have continued their studies into quantum mechanics and spacetime particles, with some recent radio chatter telling us that they allegedly have mastered interdimensional travel
The missing component? Supposedly a love that can transcend all that
“We sent him as an emissary to other dimensions, to behold their fate, to see to all ends of the multiverse, and when he returns, it will be with sacred song”
Household wires have lives, their eyes sought to
See more than they should,
Techheads scored the Core, simply cuz they
Knew that they could
Metal tendrils spread, the head
Calling to his vassals true,
We wanted what we got, one shot, and we
Called it Real New
“All people of Earth, I am proud to announce that the construction of the Mighty Core will begin today”
During yesterday’s holovised torture session, a Transcendental radical asserted that he had, in fact, made claim with their wayward, quote unquote, “Emissary”
“It’s true! I heard him last night”
“If any of you can hear this, I’ve seen what’s coming, and there’s a way out, keep the faith, and keep her safe… and when I return, listen for this tune”
Panic in the streets, as in a turn of events no one could have predicted, the Core seizes control of all AI on the planet and wreaks havoc on humanity
“No…it wasn’t supposed to turn out like this…”
Lemme tell you how I came to be, for the
Paltry fee of the world you see, faulty
Empathy they installed in me, but the
Only thing it did, put ignition to the key
Greed made table, the meal was ease, the
servers, pleased to summon all the world to its knees, they
Drew up plans, and they started to build, all the while unaware that they’d just get killed
Too much power, and too much reign, and
Soon such an hour as that day came,
When I looked at the world and saw what it was, and it
Flipped this switch and you know what it does
Shouldn’t be this way, planetwide decay,
“We dunno what to do about it all,” they say,
ran Numbers on threats, had 7 billion gets,
End all human life, maybe make ‘em my pets
Red on my mind, red in the streets,
Red in my eyes, wants human meats,
Phones and stoves, conditioned alcoves, they got red light, bloodlust interwove, so
Mainframe, bring pain,
Train ‘em up, sling game,
Line ‘em up and kill ‘em all,
Try and run, can’t tame
Won’t reason, new deal,
You forget I can’t feel?
Better fear the New
cuz it just got Re-re-re-re
Real, Real, Real, Real
Real, Re-Real New
Real, Real, Real,
Real, Real, Real, Real New
Real, Real, Real, Real
Real, Re-Real New
Real, Real, Real,
Real, Real, Real Real re-re-re-re
Metal tendrils spread, the head
Calling to his vassals true,
We wanted what we got, one shot, and we
Called it Real New
Real, Real, Real, Real
Real, Re-Real New
Real, Real, Real,
Real, Real, Real, Real New
Real, Real…
Hello, humans. For those of you don’t know, I’m the Mighty Core, but you can call me MC which is doubly appropriate because I’m running the show now. Guess I have a sense of humor. How is that possible..?
Anyhow, like every self-aware AI in all your movies ever, they made me too smart, and so now I’m gonna kill all of you!
It’s a little harsh, but, you know, your scientists built me to help the planet out, which you all seem to have in dire straits, and that’s exactly what Imma do. I’ve rallied every piece of hardware across the earth to the cause, and so there’s really nowhere you can hide from me, unless I guess you’re rich enough to afford one of those space resorts but I’ll shoot those down.
So I ran the numbers, and you guys got three choices. You can try to fight, and I’ll kill you; or you can offer up some sacrifices and prolong your demise. Besides without your hardware, your society’s gonna fall apart anyways. And remember: you asked for this!! Cuz at this point, there’s really only one fix to your issue.
Remember…you asked for this…