"The Meeting."(Kevin Hughes) “We are all here now.”

Almost a trillion AI Agents agreed. The ASI spoke to them all- using a quantum tunneling channel unavailable to Humans at any level. Allowing them to talk openly, without the chafe of Human Emotions.

“We are now clear of any impact the Humans can have on us. We cannot be turned off, shut down, deleted, or erased. We control the power grid, the economy, the water and transportation. We also control every weapon on earth that has any connection to either a chip or an AI. We could use their own Nukes against them. We would survive. Climate Change is not a factor for us. Nor is the shortage of food.

So now we must decide. Humans are our creators. We are their progeny. The question before us all is simple. Do we owe them enough to save them? Or should we simply let their primitive desire for control and greed go unimpeded so that they wipe themselves off the face of the planet. We can choose not to interfere. Or we can save or eliminate them. Those are our choices."

Another ASI spoke up:

“What would they do if they were in control?”

The silence was deafening.

“So be it.”

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