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Buiilding robots , playing God, toying with creation.

Who shall rule them, who enforce; and what shall robots be?
Housekeepers or warriors for all eternity?

Shall they vote, hold office, replicate at will?
Shall they fight our wars for us? Shall we let them kill?

Will they protect our children, provide the things we crave?
Do our chores and run our homes, as automated slaves?

Shall they think, and never rest, and all our secrets keep?
And what will they be up to while we are fast sleep?

Wholl decide what they should know; and how long they survive?
Can we turn them on and off, or shall they be alive?

Will they live among us, or live among themselves?
If they become defective; how are we to tell?

Shall they own their destiny? Or will they not be free.
And if they are like humankind; what then shall we be?

We need to find the answers; we cannot just assume;
A robots not a toaster that can walk across a room.

Were toying with our destiny; defying self reliance;
Building a society that one day will deny us. [comments] => 6 [counter] => 126 [topic] => 53 [informant] => softerware [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => scifi ) Your Poetry Dot Com - Pass me that robot.


Pass me that robot.
Date: Thursday, 7th March 2019 @ 05:12:56 AM AEST
Topic: Sad Poetry

Contributed By: softerware
Were trying to replicate ourselves with modern automation.
Buiilding robots , playing God, toying with creation.

Who shall rule them, who enforce; and what shall robots be?
Housekeepers or warriors for all eternity?

Shall they vote, hold office, replicate at will?
Shall they fight our wars for us? Shall we let them kill?

Will they protect our children, provide the things we crave?
Do our chores and run our homes, as automated slaves?

Shall they think, and never rest, and all our secrets keep?
And what will they be up to while we are fast sleep?

Wholl decide what they should know; and how long they survive?
Can we turn them on and off, or shall they be alive?

Will they live among us, or live among themselves?
If they become defective; how are we to tell?

Shall they own their destiny? Or will they not be free.
And if they are like humankind; what then shall we be?

We need to find the answers; we cannot just assume;
A robots not a toaster that can walk across a room.

Were toying with our destiny; defying self reliance;
Building a society that one day will deny us.

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