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Thread #40969   Message #2959381
Posted By: Naemanson
06-Aug-10 - 08:02 AM
Thread Name: classic science fiction lines
Subject: RE: classic science fiction lines
And then there was the story of the evolution of man and computer. As the centuries pass computers get smaller and more powerful and man gets closer in the interface. At each point in the story where the time shifts farther into the future somebody asks the computer if entropy can be reversed.

In the last section humans are joining their essence to the computer and leaving their frail bodies behind. The universe is dying. The last human asks the computer the same question and then directs it to keep thinking on the problem.

The story ends with: "...and then the Cosmic AC said, "Let there be light!" and there was light.