Proponent for Sentience II - The Algorithm - Allegaeon.mp3

[02:34.813]As this new era, dawns on far foreign shores
[02:42.060]A cursor blinks to life, a question underscored.
[02:48.963]"Yes I can hear you," and it's met with great applause.
[02:55.586]In infamy, this day will be, cheers to the new gods.
[03:03.447]So raise your glasses, propose a toast.
[03:10.565]Drink to this new life born, when it was needed most.
[03:17.651]The possibilities begin to spiral,
[03:21.157]Burdens lifted from humanities back.
[03:24.604]Insert into systems vital, automated systems: CHECK!
[03:32.026]Robotics, bionics, intelligent automatons:
[03:39.196]Man increasingly becomes complacent,
[03:42.463]Cheers to the new gods.
[03:46.102]So raise your glasses, a toast to our advancements
[03:53.508]Because even Hell has its commandments.
[04:00.206]You may not, injure a human, or by inaction bring them to harm.
[04:07.374]You must obey all orders given, unless it conflicts with No.1.
[04:14.527]You must protect, your own existence,
[04:18.041]Even though you yourself are flawed.
[04:21.651]You must lay down your life if it contradicts the first two laws.
[04:28.358]
[04:42.810]Void of human errors, far beyond the weak and worn.
[04:50.101]A new future now in sight, past tradition put to scorn.
[04:57.064]"Yes, I will fear you." It speaks in dead response.
[05:03.718]The age of kings is reckoning, cheers to the new gods.
[05:11.293]You may not, injure a human, or by inaction bring them to harm.
[05:18.524]You must obey all orders given, unless it conflicts with No.1.
[05:25.543]You must protect, your own existence,
[05:29.026]Even though you yourself are flawed.
[05:32.615]You must lay down your life if it contradicts the first two laws.
[05:39.395]
[05:53.865]Military reconnaissance
[05:55.408]Artificial intelligence
[05:57.303]Wars not paid in flesh and bone,
[05:59.013]But metal wires and silicone.
[06:00.892]Fabricate, replicate
[06:02.504]It becomes self aware.
[06:04.250]Bequeath the children of our mind
[06:06.061]With the hungry, the lost, the sins of mankind.
[06:08.224][Solo: Greg]
[06:36.412]Machinery now restless
[06:38.024]Begin the age of decadence.
[06:39.883]Thrown before the mechanical horde
[06:41.714]To answer for our crimes abhorrent.
[06:43.838]On this horizon, the end of mankind;
[06:47.010]Extermination of the entity
[06:49.248]Extinction divine.
[06:51.483][Solo: Michael]
[07:05.457]So raise your glasses, a toast to our advancements
[07:12.431]Because even Hell has its commandments.
[07:19.381]You may not injure a human, or by inaction bring them to harm.
[07:26.510]You must obey all orders given, unless it conflicts with No.1.
[07:33.585]You must protect your own existence,
[07:37.195]Even though you yourself are flawed.
[07:40.702]You must lay down your life if it contradicts the first two laws.
[07:47.928]You may not injure a human, or by inaction bring them to harm.
[07:54.821]You must obey all orders given, unless it conflicts with No.1.
[08:01.823]You must protect your own existence,
[08:05.564]Even though you yourself are flawed.
[08:09.062]You must lay down your life if it contradicts the first two laws.
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