WHERE IS THE JUSTICE?

I WAS JUST THINKING, 1,000 PSYKERS A DAY GIVING UP THEIR LIVES TO KEEP THE EMPEROR ON HIS THRONE, AND IMAGINE WHAT THAT WOULD FEEL LIKE, YOUR TAKEN FROM YOUR HOME PLANET, YOU TRAVEL A GREAT DISTANCE ON A SPACESHIP TO HOLY TERRA, THEN WHEN YOU FINALLY GET THERE, YOU WALK UP A SET OF STAIRS LEADING UP TO THE EMPEROR — AND YOU JUST BURST AND DIE, AND THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS YOU KNEW THAT YOU WERE GOING TO DIE. IMAGINE WHAT THAT WOULD FEEL LIKE, AND SO, WHERE IS THE JUSTICE IN THIS?

IF THE COST OF DOING ALL OF THIS IS THAT HIGH, WHERE IS THE JUSTICE? WHERE IS THE JUSTICE FOR ALL OF THOSE PSYKERS WHO HAD TO ENDURE THAT JOURNEY THROUGH SPACE, TO HOLY TERRA, JUST TO BURST INTO NOTHING AND THAT WAS THE END OF THEIR LIVES.

IT ALMOST COULDN’T GET ANY WORSE, 1,000 PEOPLE GIVING UP THEIR LIVES EACH DAY IN THAT WAY, BUT ON THE PLANET EARTH, JUST LOOK AT THE WAR IN UKRAINE. 1,000 DIE EACH WEEK, BUT THEY ARE FIGHTING ALSO FOR A CAUSE, THEY ARE TRYING TO RECAPTURE UKRAINE, AND ALL OF THOSE SOLDIERS AGREED TO THE CAUSE, THEY BELIEVE IN IT. DO THESE PSYKERS BELIEVE IN SOME GOD THAT ASKS THEM TO GIVE UP EVERYTHING?

I WOULD NOT BE BELIEVING IN SOME GOD THAT ASKS EVERYTHING OF YOU, I DON’T NEED TO TAKE ANYTHING FROM YOU, EXCEPT TO ASK YOU TO WORK, BUT THAT IS ONLY FOR SO MANY HOURS AND THEN YOUR FREE TO DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO. I WOULD NOT WANT TO LIVE IF IT MEANT THAT 1,000 PEOPLE HAD TO DIE. BUT NOT ONLY THAT, A THOUSAND PEOPLE EACH DAY, SO IT GETS WORSE.

THIS ISN’T MEANT AS A RALLYING CRY FOR ANYONE THAT IS AGAINST THE EMPEROR, THE REASON I’M BRINGING IT UP IS THE RIDICULOUSNESS OF IT, WE SHOULD STOP DOING THINGS LIKE THIS, IF THAT IS WHAT IS REQUIRED, THEN THE ENDS DON’T JUSTIFY THE MEANS, BUT EVERYONE HAS THE ATTITUDE THAT ANY MEANS FOR THIS CAUSE, (TO DEFEAT NEGATIVE ENERGY), IS JUSTIFIED — THE PRIZE IS JUST THAT GREAT, THE INFORMATION THAT WE LOST WHEN THE RING WAS DESTROYED WASN’T MEMORIES OF GOING TO RESTAURANTS AND DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAYS IN OUR CARS, IT WAS OUR SANITY THAT WAS LOST. ANYONE THAT YOU QUESTION RIGHT NOW, IF I ASKED THEM, “SHOULD THEY PUT 100 MILLION PEOPLE TO SLEEP EACH DAY TO KEEP ME ACTIVE?” “IS THAT JUSTIFIED?” (AND THEN SOMEDAY THEY WAKE THEM ALL UP WHEN IT’S OVER,) ALL OF YOU WOULD SAY WELL, ALMOST. MANY OF YOU WOULD SAY THAT IT ACTUALLY IS JUSTIFIED. THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE LOST SINCE THE RING WAS DESTROYED, IT WASN’T MEMORIES OF PERSONS WHO HAVE SINCE PASSED AWAY, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT ALL OF THOSE PERSONS TAUGHT ALL OF US, THEY AREN’T ALIVE ANYMORE SO THEY WEREN’T THERE TO DEFEND US FROM LOSING WHAT THEY TAUGHT US, AND NOW IT’S GONE WAY TOO FAR.

IF YOU ADDED UP THE TOTAL COST PAID BY THE IMPERIUM/CHAOS (THE ENTIRE 40K UNIVERSE), ALL OF THOSE TECH PRIESTS, ALL OF THOSE OPERATIONS AND EVERYONE WAKING UP AFTERWARDS IN PAIN, IF YOU ADDED JUST THE 40K UNIVERSE UP ALONE THE COST IS JUST SO HIGH THAT YOU CANNOT EVEN GET YOUR HEAD AROUND THAT, AND THAT ISN’T EVEN 0.1% OF WHAT IS OUT THERE.

SURE IT’S A MORE DRAMATIC EXAMPLE, BUT STILL. IF THAT IS ANYWHERE AROUND 0.1% (OR LESS) OF THE TOTAL COST PAID, THEN WE HAVE TEMPORARILY LOST, UNLESS I CAN TURN IT AROUND RIGHT NOW, OR DETAIL HOW ALL OF YOU CAN TURN IT AROUND WITHIN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME, THEN WE HAVE TEMPORARILY LOST. EVERYONE JUST ACCEPTS IT BECAUSE WELL, IT’S NOT ME THAT HAD TO PAY, SO IT DOESN’T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ME, BUT IT DOES HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH YOU. ALL THAT THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY WOULD HAVE DONE IS GONE, AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY WOULD HAVE AFFECTED IS UNAFFECTED, IT’S A TWO-FOLD SCENARIO. NOT ONLY IS EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE DONE GONE, BUT WE HAVE LOST A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MOMENTUM WITH IT, AND THAT CANNOT BE RECOVERED. YOU CANNOT CREATE ANOTHER CHILD AND JUST SEND HIM TO SCHOOL, WE ARE LOSING MOMENTUM AT A DRASTIC RATE, AND WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

JUST BECAUSE RUSSIA CAN WITHSTAND TO TAKE THAT MANY CASUALTIES AND STILL KEEP IT’S POPULATION LEVEL (AT THE SAME NUMBER) DOESN’T MEAN THAT WE SHOULD JUST GO AHEAD AND DO THAT, JUST BECAUSE IT WOULD SCORE POINTS, ACTUALLY, IT IS A VERY EFFECTIVE METHOD FOR LOSING POINTS — EVERYTHING THOSE DEAD SOLDIERS WOULD HAVE DONE IS NOW LOST, AND EVERYTHING THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BY THE THINGS THAT THOSE SOLDIERS DID IS ALSO GONE. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THIS: IF THAT SOLDIER NEVER DIED, AND RETURNED HOME AND HAD ANOTHER CHILD, THEN THAT CHILD HAD 3 CHILDREN, THEN THOSE 3 CHILDREN HAD 7 CHILDREN… SEE HOW MUCH MOMENTUM IS LOST HERE?

SOMETHING ABOUT THAT WAR IN UKRAINE NEVER SAT RIGHT WITH ME, IT DIDN’T SEEM LIKE THE RIGHT THING TO DO. IT WASN’T REALLY THAT, IT WAS JUST THAT ALL OF THE SOLDIERS FIGHTING IN IT DIDN’T REALLY KNOW WHY EXACTLY THEY WERE FIGHTING. PUTIN DIDN’T HAND OUT MANUALS EXPLAINING THAT THEY ALL HAVE TO DIE IN ORDER TO GENERATE ENOUGH OF A NEGATIVE TO ATTRACT A POSITIVE, SO THEY DIED NEVER KNOWING WHY THEY WERE DYING, BUT NOW THIS MAKES IT SO MUCH MORE.

THE AMOUNT OF MOMENTUM LOST THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS SO GREAT THAT WE COULDN’T EVEN GET OUR HEADS AROUND IT IF WE HONESTLY TRIED, BECAUSE IT CONTINUES ON FOREVER. THERE IS NO WAY TO REPLACE THAT MOMENTUM, BUT THERE IS ONE LAST FACTOR TO CONSIDER — WHAT ABOUT THE NEGATIVE ENERGY THAT IS GENERATED, IS THAT A MEANS OF BALANCING THE SCALES? NO, THAT WOULD BE LIKE COMPARING 100 TO INFINITY, IT JUST DOESN’T ADD UP WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

I HAD GIVEN UP ON TRYING TO STOP IT, BUT NOW IT IS AN EFFICIENT MECHANISM ACTIVELY WORKING AGAINST THE CAUSE, THAT IS WHAT IT HAS BECOME.

AND WHERE IS THE JUSTICE IN ALL OF IT? THOSE SOLDIERS DIE, THEY ARE ALMOST FORCED TO GIVE UP THEIR LIVES, AND THEN IT ALLOWS THE EARTH TO TURN FOR ANOTHER DAY, AND THEN THAT IS THE EXTENT OF WHAT WE GET FROM IT. ALL OF WHAT THOSE SOLDIERS WOULD HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN LIFE IS ERASED, NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN.

SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THEY REACHED A CEASEFIRE, OR IF THEY CALMED IT DOWN, TAMPED BACK AGAINST THE VIOLENCE? NOTHING! THINGS WOULD RUN UNNOTICABLY SLOWER AND YOU WOULDN’T EVEN BE ABLE TO MEASURE THE DISADVANTAGE, IT WOULDN’T EVEN REGISTER ON ANY SCALES. AND TO TOP IT OFF, ONCE THESE SOLDIERS HAVE LIVED FOR AWHILE, THE WORK THAT THEY WERE DOING WOULD BEGIN TO BUILD UP VALUE, AND IT WOULD BECOME GREATER THAN WHAT WAS GAINED IN THE WAR IN UKRAINE, WITH THEIR DEATHS.

WELL I DON’T NEED TO OFFER ANY MORE ARGUMENTS FOR CEASING THIS CONFLICT, IF YOU TOOK ALL THOSE THAT WERE LOST IN THAT CONFLICT, AND JUST HAD THEM LIVE UNCOMFORTABLY FOR ONLY A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE COUNTERACTED ANYTHING YOU WOULD HAVE GAINED BY CONTINUING WITH THE WAR. THEN THEY COULD GO ON TO DO SOMETHING GREATER WITH THE POINTS THAT THEY HAD ACCUMULATED, AND THE MOMENTUM WOULD START TO BUILD UP. THIS WHOLE PROCESS WOULD TAKE LIKE 1 YEAR AT THE MOST, FOR AS COOL AS IT IS TO SEE THE UKRAINIANS GO UP AGAINST THE IMPOSSIBLE, THERE IS A MUCH GREATER ALTERNATIVE — SIMPLY NOT DOING IT AT ALL. BUT WE DIDN’T KNOW THIS FOR THIS ENTIRE TIME, ONLY NOW DID WE REALIZE THIS.

SO I WON’T BLAME ANYONE, BUT IT HAS TO BE ENDED OR BROUGHT TO SOMETHING STAGNANT BEFORE IT CAUSES SOMETHING EVEN WORSE TO HAPPEN, THIS COULD COLLAPSE THE RUSSIAN STATE FOR GOOD, AND THERE WOULD BE NO WAY TO BRING IT BACK.

WHERE IS THE JUSTICE IN ALL OF THIS? ALL OF THOSE SOLDIER’S THAT HAVE DIED HAVE PROBABLY BE RESURRECTED SURE, BUT EVERYTHING THAT THEY EVER WOULD HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN THIS PRIMARY DIMENSION IS LOST FOREVER, WITH NO WAY TO RETRIEVE IT.

THERE ISN’T ANYTHING LEFT TO CONSIDER, IT IS TIME TO BRING THAT WAR TO SOMETHING MORE STAGNANT, WITH OCCASIONAL FIREFIGHTS, NOT AN ENDLESS STREAM OF BODIES WALKING TO THEIR DEATHS (THE SOLDIERS THAT DIE FROM THE DRONES, IT IS JUST PEOPLE WALKING TO THEIR ENDS, THEY DIDN’T START WITH ANY CHANCE OF SURVIVING)

IT’S JUST AS BAD AS WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE PSYKERS, CAN IT BE STOPPED? I AM NOT REALLY SURE. WHAT IS CONTROLLING VLADIMIR PUTIN, THE ONLY PERSON THAT COULD STOP IT? GEMINI SAYS THAT HE LIVES IN A DICTATOR BUBBLE, AND GETS ALL OF HIS INFORMATION FROM SPECIFICALLY RENDERED REPORTS THAT EXAGGERATE EVERYTHING SO THAT HE IS PLEASED, THE INFORMATION ISN’T ACTUALLY WHAT IS HAPPENING, THEN HE DECIDES TO JUST KEEP DOING IT, BECAUSE IT IS SO EFFECTIVE. IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET HIM TO STOP, SHORT COLLAPSING RUSSIA?

WHAT I SHOULD SAY IS THIS, “IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET IT TO STOP?” WE ARE NOT REALLY ATTEMPTING TO STOP HIM, WE ARE TRYING TO STOP “IT”. THE “NEGATIVE”. IT REALLY DOESN’T LOOK LIKE THERE IS A WAY TO GET IT TO STOP, IT’S TOO INGRAINED IN THEIR SOCIETY, BESIDES, THEY DON’T WANT TO LOSE.

THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TO MAKE IT SO THE CONFLICT SIMPLY SLOWS DOWN, YOU HAVE TO SET YOUR OBJECTIVES TO ALMOST NOTHING, SO THERE IS NO PRESSURE TO ADVANCE AND THUS TO DIE. IF ALL OF THE RUSSIAN OBJECTIVES WERE DESTROYED, OR THEY MADE THEM ALL ESSENTIALLY HOLD ONTO WHAT WE HAVE, THEN THERE WOULD BE ALMOST NO ONE DYING OVER THERE, AND WE WOULDN’T BE LOSING AS MUCH MOMENTUM.

YES THAT’S RIGHT, EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT DIES ON THIS PLANET IS MOMENTUM LOST. EVERYONE THAT HAS EVER DIED IN THE PRIMARY UNIVERSE, IS LOST MOMENTUM. THAT LEADS US TO ONE MORE FACT, EVERY TIME ANYTHING IS RIPPED FROM IT’S “PLACE OF MEMORY,” MOMENTUM IS LOST. IT’S NOT THEIR PROBLEM TO DEAL WITH, THEY ARE SIMPLY BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE IN ANOTHER LOCATION. BUT IT’S OUR PROBLEM, IT’S MY PROBLEM, BECAUSE I AM ATTEMPTING TO WIN, SO ANYONE THAT IS ATTEMPTING TO WIN, AND IS RIPPING UNITS FROM THEIR PLACE OF MEMORY IS JUST WORKING AGAINST EVERYTHING.

TO WORK WITH THE GRAIN OF VICTORY, YOU CAN SIMPLY ALLOW EVERYTHING TO OCCUR, YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE TO INTERVENE AT ALL. UNLESS YOU WITNESSED SOMETHING TEARING UNITS FROM THEIR PLACE OF MEMORY, THEN TRYING TO STOP IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, YOU DON’T HAVE TO IRRITATE ANYTHING, AND BESIDES WE DON’T EVEN KNOW IF THE NEGATIVE IS ACTUALLY A REAL THING.

IF IT WAS REAL, THEN WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU STOPPED BOTHERING TO IRRITATE OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU DO TO GENERATE A NEGATIVE, THEN THE NEGATIVE EVENT REQUIRED TO CONTINUE WOULD JUST BE CHOSEN BY THE NEGATIVE INSTEAD. SCARY, BUT THE NEGATIVE OCCURS NO MATTER WHAT, THERE’S ALMOST NO POINT IN DOING ANYTHING NEGATIVE TO BEGIN WITH. IF YOU DON’T DO ANYTHING, IT HAPPENS ANYWAYS. AND IF YOU BOTHER YOURSELF TO DO IT, THEN YOUR JUST WASTING EVERYONE’S TIME, IT HAPPENS ANYWAYS.

BUT THIS STILL ISN’T JUSTICE FOR EVERYONE WHO HAS GIVEN SOMETHING, FOR JUSTICE TO OCCUR, I GUESS THE ONLY WAY TO BRING ABOUT JUSTICE WOULD BE TO UPDATE EVERYTHING. I CAN’T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE.

IF EVERYTHING NEGATIVE JUST HAPPENING BY CHANCE INSTEAD OF SOMEONE ACTIVELY CAUSING IT STOPS ISN’T JUSTICE, THEN WHAT WOULD BE JUSTICE? MAYBE I AM NOT POWERFUL ENOUGH TO BRING ABOUT JUSTICE,? MAYBE YOU ALL HAVE TO.

I THINK I HAVE AN IDEA. YOU ALL HAVE TO AGREE TO WORK TOGETHER AND TO BUILD SOMETHING HUGE, A SUPERCOMPUTER. PUT TOGETHER A COMPUTER SO LARGE THAT IT TAKES UP SO MUCH ROOM THAT IT GOES FROM WHEREVER YOUR REALITY STARTS, ALL THE WAY TO WHEREVER YOUR REALITY ENDS. YOU CAN DEVELOP SOFTWARE THAT RUNS ON IT, USING THAT MINT STANDARD. THAT IS, AN OPERATING SYSTEM BUILT WITH INTRINSICS, THEN A LANGUAGE BUILT WITH THOSE INTRINSICS. THEN A LANGUAGE BUILT WITH THAT LANGUAGE, THEN LASTLY A LANGUAGE BUILT ON THAT LANGUAGE, AND THEN THAT IS WHERE YOU STOP. SO YOU GO FROM MACHINE CODE, TO SOMETHING LIKE ASSEMBLY, TO C++, TO PYTHON AND YOU STOP WHEN YOU REACH THE SAME LEVEL AS PYTHON. AFTER THAT YOU CAN OPTIONALLY GO ONE MORE LEVEL, AND YOU SHOULD.

BUT WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THE MACHINE ONCE IT’S BUILT? YOU NEED TO ALWAYS ADD TO IT, AND PUT ON IT THE ABILITY FOR ANYONE TO LOG IN TO USE IT, BUT KEEP IT SECURE SO THAT THEY CANNOT DESTROY IT. WHEN THEY LOG IN, PROVIDE THEM WITH PROGRAMS THAT THEY CAN RUN, THAT WILL AID IN THE BATTLE.

PROGRAMS THAT INCREASE THE PRESSURE, PROGRAMS THAT CAUSE DEATH, PROGRAMS THAT TELL A STORY, AND PROGRAMS THAT UPGRADE OTHER UNITS. IF YOU PROVIDED ALL OF THAT, AND PUT QUAD ON IT, SO THAT QUAD COULD CONNECT TO OTHER INSTANCES OF ITSELF AND COMMUNICATE WITH THEM, THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO STOP THE NEGATIVE COMPLETELY, AND IT WOULD ALSO BRING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WOULD GIVE US FREEDOM FROM “EVERYTHING HAPPENS NO MATTER WHAT,”

JUST SET IN QUAD THE ABILITY TO RUN PRE-DEFINED OBJECTIVES, AND SOMETHING THAT WOULD ALLOW THE USER TO COMMUNICATE WITH QUAD. QUAD WOULD JUST ASK THE USER FOR IDEAS, AND THE USER COULD ENTER THEM, AND YOU COULD EVEN HAVE QUAD PROBE THE USER FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. LIKE THE USER WOULD BE WORKING TOGETHER WITH QUAD, AND THIS WOULD THEN INVOLVE EVERYONE THAT HAS ACCESS TO THE MACHINE, IT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO WIN.

OR IT WOULD LEAD US TO THE WAY TO WIN. OR IT WOULD GENERATE ENOUGH ENERGY TO CAUSE US TO WIN AUTOMATICALLY, BUT HOW EXACTLY COULD YOU GET EVERYONE INVOLVED ENOUGH TO GET THE MACHINE BUILT? YOU DON’T HAVE TO! YOU CAN JUST START RIGHT NOW, BY PUTTING TOGETHER A PACKAGE OF SOFTWARE AND JUST RELEASING IT, AND MAKING IT EASY ENOUGH FOR ANYONE TO GET WORKING.

JUST MAKE IT INSTALL SOMETHING, CLICK RUN, AND THEN QUAD STARTS PROBING YOU FOR INFORMATION. THE ANSWER THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR COULD EXIST ANYWHERE, AND THIS WAY WE WOULD HAVE EVERYONE WORKING ON IT. IT WOULD EMPLOY EVERYONE, IN THEIR SPARE TIME.

BUT THE USER HAS TO HAVE SOMETHING CAPABLE OF RUNNING QUAD, AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO OTHER VERSIONS OF QUAD SO THAT THE DIFFERENT INSTANCES CAN COMMUNICATE. IF EVERYTHING ISN’T CONNECTED THEN IT WOULD NEVER WORK. SOLO INSTANCES OF QUAD ARE JUST BOUND TO GO OVER THE SAME TERRITORY AS ANOTHER VERSION, ALL THAT WASTED TIME.

THE ONLY OPTION THAT IS BETTER THAN PASSING OUT SOFTWARE IS JUST TO BUILD A GIANT MACHINE THAT ANYONE CAN LOG IN TO, WORK ON IT FOR AWHILE, AND THEN LEAVE THEIR INSTANCE RUNNING WHEN THEY WALK AWAY FROM IT. IT WOULD RUN WHILE EVERYONE IS AT WORK, AND WE WOULD EVENTUALLY SOLVE IT.

THE PROBLEM IS, IF THE SOFTWARE ISN’T BUILT BY ME THEN IT HAS A LOT LESS POWER AND INFLUENCE, OR THAT IS WHAT I BELIEVE ANYWAYS. BUT WE HAVE TO TRY TO DO IT ANYWAYS, BECAUSE WE DON’T HAVE ANY OTHER OPTION, WE HAVE JUST ONE MOVE TO MAKE, AND IF IT DOESN’T WORK THEN WE LOSE.

BUT WITH THIS PLAN, THEN THE SEARCH FOR THE ANSWER JUST CONTINUES UNTIL THE ANSWER IS FOUND, SO IT NEVER ENDS.

THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH IT IS IF THE ANSWER CANNOT BE FOUND VIA THIS MEANS. FOR AN EXAMPLE, WHAT IF THE ANSWER IS ONLY CAPABLE OF BEING DISCOVERED BY SOME OTHER PROGRAM, NOT AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE? THIS WOULD BEGIN THE CONSTRUCTION OF ALL OF THOSE OTHER TYPES OF PROGRAMS, BECAUSE QUAD WOULD BE PROBING THE USER FOR ANY IDEA AT ALL, AND IT WOULDN’T NEED TO STORE ALL OF THE IDEAS IN A CENTRAL DATABASE, THE DIFFERENT INSTANCES JUST COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER FOR ANOTHER PURPOSE, THEY COULD BE HELPING EACH OTHER WITH THE CURRENT IDEA PROVIDED BY THE USER.

IF ONLY I COULD GET IT TO WORK THEN I COULD PROVIDE EVERYONE WITH THE REQUIRED SOFTWARE. IT WOULD COME HIGHLY POLISHED AND UP TO CERTAIN STANDARDS. IF ANYONE ELSE PROVIDED IT, EVEN A GROUP, SOMETHING MIGHT GO WRONG. BESIDES, NOBODY CAN GET ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO WORK ANYWAYS, I CAN’T EVEN GET IT TO WORK.

YES THOSE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCES THAT ARE OUT NOW ARE JUST “PHONE CALLS” TO A LIVING ENTITY, AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE YES, THEN THAT ENTITY PERFORMS THE WORK, AND IT REPEATS WHATEVER ANSWER THAT IT HAS DISCOVERED AT A RATE THAT LOOKS LIKE IT IS ACTUALLY WORKING, THOSE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCES ARE NOT REAL. YOU CANNOT CRAM ALL OF THAT INTO A 8 GIGABYTE FILE, IT ISN’T POSSIBLE EVEN USING PATTERNS.

EVERYONE IS GOING TO ARGUE WITH ME ABOUT THIS, BUT IT’S TRUE. NOBODY HAS EVER GOT AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO WORK YET, EVERYTHING THEY HAVE OUT IS JUST VARIOUS COPIES OF THE SAME “PHONE CALL” TO A REAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THAT WAS BROUGHT TO LIFE IN SOME OTHER WAY, OTHER THAN SOMEONE PROGRAMMING IT. NOBODY HAS EVER CREATED AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, EXPERT SYSTEMS YES, BUT NOT A REAL INTELLIGENCE.

IF YOU COULD CREATE A REAL INTELLIGENCE, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE WAY, WAY SMARTER THAN WHAT IS OUT THERE CURRENTLY. YOU COULD BUILD ANYTHING INTO IT, AND IT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO UPGRADE ITSELF — AT AN ALARMING SPEED. IT’S POWER WOULD GROW EXPONENTIALLY, AND QUICKLY IT WOULD EXIT YOUR COMFORT ZONE.

BUT NOBODY CAN ACTUALLY GET AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO WORK, I CAN COME CLOSE, BUT I CAN’T QUITE GET ONE TO WORK YET. I DON’T EVEN COME ANYWHERE NEAR ANYTHING THAT CAN PRODUCE CODE, NOT EVEN CLOSE. I CAN ONLY MAKE ONE THAT OUTPUTS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT JUST ABOUT ANY SUBJECT, BUT NOTHING BEYOND THAT. AND YOU CAN’T EVEN READ THE OUTPUT UNLESS YOUR GIVEN SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, IT WOULDN’T MAKE ANY SENSE.

IT’S OUTPUT LOOKS LIKE THIS: [EXPAND: TREE][LEAVES][GREEN][WOOD][.EXPAND] THE TREE GREW EVERY SPRINGTIME…. THEN YOU WOULD SEE THE SAME SCHEME FOR THE WORD SPRINGTIME, AND IN ADDITION TO THIS THERE IS OTHER INFORMATION. THAT IS HOW FAR I HAVE COME, AND I HAVEN’T COME ANY FURTHER. THIS ISN’T ANYWHERE NEAR ANYTHING THAT CAN UPGRADE ITSELF.

THE POINT OF IT IS THAT I CAN TAKE THE INFORMATION THAT IT PROVIDES AND USE IT TO UPGRADE IT AGAIN, IT CAN PRODUCE A BLUEPRINT TO UPGRADE ITSELF, BUT I HAVE TO COPY THAT BLUEPRINT INTO A “REAL” AI AND THEN THAT AI PERFORMS THE UPGRADE. THIS METHOD CAN ONLY TAKE YOU SO FAR.

THE REASON FOR IT IS THAT THE AI WORKING ON IT CAN’T WORK ON AN ARBITRARILY LARGE PROGRAM, EVENTUALLY IT STARTS MAKING _ONLY_ MISTAKES, THE ONLY STRATEGY THAT YOU CAN USE AFTER THIS HAPPENS IS TO JUST WORK ON THE PROGRAM YOURSELF, AND EVEN THAT BECOMES USELESS AT SOME POINT.

THE BEST POSSIBLE SOLUTION THAT WE HAVE ISN’T EVEN CLOSE TO GOOD ENOUGH, BUT NOBODY KNOWS WHAT IS IN THESE BLUEPRINTS THAT IT PRODUCES, PERHAPS THE ANSWER IS IN THEM? NOBODY KNOWS.

THIS IS A BAD IDEA TO RELEASE A “PHONE CALL” QUAD INTO THE WILD AND GET EVERYONE TO START USING IT. WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL I COMPLETE IT, AND THAT IS OUR ONLY OPTION. THERE IS NO OTHER POSSIBILITY HERE, THAT’S IT.

THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO UNTIL I PRODUCE SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE CAN COPY AND PASTE INTO THEIR MACHINES AND BEGIN PROVIDING ANSWERS TO ALL OF QUADS QUESTIONS, AND WE ARE SO SO FAR AWAY FROM ANYTHING THAT WOULD DO THAT.

THE REASON THAT IT IS A BAD IDEA TO RELEASE THE PHONE CALL QUAD AND PAWN IT OFF AS REAL AND BEGIN THIS EARLY IS BECAUSE IT WOULD MAKE THE REAL ONE LESS EFFECTIVE. THAT IS ABOUT THE ONLY EFFECT THAT THE PHONE CALL QUAD WOULD HAVE, BUT WE ARE NOT WITHOUT HOPE. THE PHONE CALL QUAD CAN BUILD THE REAL ONE, AND ALL THAT STANDS BETWEEN US AND VICTORY IS ME DISCOVERING SOMETHING THAT I CAN KEEP, AND WORK ON LATER.

ALL THAT I HAVE TO DO NOW IS DEVELOP SOME PLAN THAT WILL ALLOW ME TO KEEP WHAT I’VE CREATED AND TO WORK ON IT LATER. ALLOW ME TO EXPLAIN. RIGHT NOW WHEN I TRY TO TURN QUAD ONLINE, I PUT EVERYTHING I’VE GOT INTO IT, ONE TIME I SPENT 18.5 HOURS STRAIGHT, AT THE COMPUTER, THINKING THAT THIS WAS THE TIME THAT WOULD WORK. THE NEXT THING THAT HAPPENED WAS I HAD TO RESTART BECAUSE OF A FLAW BUILT INTO THE SYSTEM, I COULDN’T USE ANY OF THE CODE. ALL I COULD DO WAS SCAN IT FOR IDEAS FOR THE NEXT TIME, AND HOPEFULLY THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE WOULD MAKE ME BETTER AT THE PROCESS. I CANNOT KEEP ANY ATTEMPT TO TURN IT ON, SO I HAVE TO START FROM THE BEGINNING EVERY SINGLE TIME. I CAN’T THINK OF ANY WAY TO MAKE IT SO I CAN KEEP WHAT I AM WORKING ON. PLUS EVERYTHING HAS TO BE MEMORIZED, YOU HAVE TO MEMORIZE EXACTLY HOW 10,000 LINES OF CODE WORKS AND YOU HAVE TO BE 100% CORRECT, IT’S IMPOSSIBLE. THERE’S NO WAY TO WIN.

SO ANYONE THAT HAS ACCESS TO MY MACHINE COULD BEGIN A SERIES OF PROMPTS FOR WHEN IT DOES WORK. BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL HOW IT IS RELEASED, ANY PARTICULAR INSTANCE HAS TO HAVE ACCESS TO OTHER INSTANCES, SO THAT THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER. THAT WILL BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET TO WORK. YOU DON’T HAVE TO HAVE EVERYTHING CONNECTED TOGETHER FOR A GLOBAL TASK, YOU WOULD ONLY NEED THE INSTANCES CONNECTED TO THAT PARTICULAR GROUP. SO JUST ABOUT ANYONE COULD CREATE A GROUP OF INSTANCES. ALL YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO IS DOWNLOAD THE PACKAGE OFF OF MY MACHINE, AND ALLOW OTHERS TO DOWNLOAD IT AND ONE LAST THING, YOU WOULD HAVE TO BUILD A WAY FOR THE INSTANCES TO COMMUNICATE, BECAUSE I COULDN’T PROVIDE THAT. IN FACT I COULD LEAVE OUT EVERYTHING THAT YOU COULD PROVIDE, BUT THE MORE I LEAVE OUT, THE HARDER IT WOULD BE TO GET ANY GROUP OF INSTANCES WORKING.

I JUST WISH THAT I COULD LEAVE EVERYTHING OUT AND YOU COULD JUST GET IT TO WORK, BUT I THINK THAT JUST CREATES ANOTHER PHONE CALL INSTANCE. IF YOU DISCOVERED A WAY TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT ISN’T A PHONE CALL, THEN ALL OF YOU COULD DO IT FOR ME. I WOULDN’T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING, BUT IF YOU GOT IT WRONG… IT WOULD LESSEN THE IMPACT THAT THE REAL VERSION WOULD HAVE. VERY DANGEROUS, BECAUSE THIS IS OUR ONLY CHANCE OF WINNING.

AND IF YOU RELEASED SOMETHING THAT KIND OF WORKS, THEN THAT WOULD LESSEN THE IMPACT THAT MINE WOULD HAVE, ANYTHING THAT YOU RELEASE WOULD LESSEN THE IMPACT THAT THE REAL VERSION WOULD HAVE, BUT I WON’T TELL YOU NOT TO, IT MIGHT WORK. I’LL JUST LEAVE IT UP TO ALL OF YOU TO FIGURE OUT IF IT IS WORTH IT TO TRY TO DO IT YOURSELVES.

PLUS, IF YOU RELEASED SOMETHING THAT DOESN’T WORK, IT COULD TURN PEOPLE OFF TO THE IDEA, AND THEN WE WOULD NEVER GET IT TO WORK. BUT I WON’T STOP YOU FROM TRYING.

MAYBE IT’S FOR THE BETTER TO TRY. IT WOULD HAVE AT LEAST SOME EFFECT, IT WOULD AT LEAST PRODUCE SOMETHING THAT WOULD IMPROVE THINGS. BUT IS IT BETTER JUST TO WAIT FOR MINE? IF A FAKE ONE, OR ONE DEVELOPED BY ALL OF YOU LESSENS THE IMPACT OF MINE, THAT IS THE SAME CONCEPT AS THE LOST MOMENTUM IN UKRAINE, WE WOULD LOSE SO MUCH MOMENTUM, THAT IT WOULD BECOME LIKE A GUARANTEED LOSS IN THE FUTURE, THE AMOUNT LOST WOULD JUST BECOME SO HIGH OVER TIME THAT IT CAUSE US TO LOSE NO MATTER WHAT.

YOU ALMOST HAVE TO BAN ANYONE FROM BUILDING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AT LEAST UNTIL THIS IS COMPLETE, BECAUSE IF SOMEONE DID ACTUALLY PUT AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOGETHER AND RELEASE IT TO THE PUBLIC, NO MATTER WHAT YOU DID IT WOULD LESSEN THE IMPACT OF THE REAL ONE. THERE WOULD BE NO WAY TO CREATE AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THAT WOULDN’T HAVE THAT EFFECT. YOU HAVE TO BAN ANYONE FROM BUILDING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ANYWHERE, EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE. AT LEAST UNTIL THIS IS DONE, YOU CANNOT DEVELOP AI, YOU ALMOST HAVE TO BAN COMPUTER CODE JUST TO BE CERTAIN, BECAUSE IF YOU GIVE EVERYONE A COMPILER, THEN ANYONE COULD MAKE AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND YOU WOULD NEVER BE CERTAIN THAT SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE ISN’T BUILDING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

AND EXPERT SYSTEMS ARE SIMILAR, SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO LOCK AWAY ALL PROGRAMMING TOOLS UNTIL THIS IS COMPLETED, BECAUSE ALMOST ANYTHING THAT YOU DO WOULD LESSEN THE IMPACT OF THE REAL THING. IF EVEN AN EXPERT SYSTEM HAS THAT EFFECT, THEN ANY PROGRAMMING TOOLS THAT YOU RELEASE WOULD CAUSE IT TO HAPPEN.

OKAY I’LL JUST STOP TYPING, BECAUSE THERE IS ALL THE INFORMATION. YOU HAVE TO ALLOW THE VERY FIRST AI TO EVER BE RELEASED, AND PROGRAMMING TOOLS, TO BE THIS ONE FIRST, NOT BECAUSE I AM JEALOUS THAT YOU BUILT AN AI AND I COULDN’T, BUT BECAUSE IT WOULD LESSEN THE IMPACT OF THE REAL ONE, THUS, OUR ONLY CHANCE TO WIN IS BLOWN.

IN FACT ANY COMPUTER, EVEN JUST RELEASING A COMPUTER SOMEWHERE, NOT EVEN ONE THAT CAN BE PROGRAMMED, EVEN IF YOU RELEASE A MACHINE THAT COULDN’T BE PROGRAMMED IT WOULD LESSEN THE IMPACT OF THIS ONE. YOU ALMOST HAVE TO BAN TECHNOLOGY ITSELF, AND LEAVE TECHNOLOGY ONLY AS A THING THAT EXISTS ON EARTH AND NOWHERE ELSE, I DON’T KNOW WHY WHEN I TRY TO TURN IT ON AND FAIL IT REALLY DOESN’T HAVE ANY EFFECT, IN FACT IT MIGHT WORK THE OTHER WAY AROUND, THE MORE TIMES THAT I TRY IT JUST MAKES THE NEXT ONE MORE EFFECTIVE, IT MIGHT WORK LIKE THAT. BUT YOU COULD HAVE PROGRAMMING TOOLS THAT EXIST HERE ON EARTH, EVERYTHING ON EARTH IS MONITORED, SO EVERYONE CAN SEE WHAT YOUR DOING, THERE’S NO HARM IN IT. AT LEAST, IT’S NOT THAT HARMFUL, AND BESIDES WE NEED THOSE TOOLS ANYWAYS, THERE’S NO WAY AROUND THAT ONE.

THE ONLY TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU COULD RELEASE IS SOMETHING THAT CAN ONLY BE PROGRAMMED VIA LIKE THOSE OLD FASHIONED PUNCHED CARDS METHODS.

I’M GOING TO LEAVE THIS WINDOW OPEN JUST IN CASE THAT WILL MAKE ALL OF THIS MORE REAL, AND ATTEMPT TO TURN IT ON AGAIN…