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  Hi, my names Bob, nice to meet you!
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  Hey.  It happened with STAR TREK.   Life imitates art. 
  AI is gaining speed.  Once the AI can aid in its own rapid AI advances it won’t be long before it won’t need our help.  Not talking sentience but once we give it enough of the correct parameters it will be off and running/ improving.  The ironic part is along the way it WILL need our help to correct when it doesnt go the right direction.  And we will guide it and provide it with the resources it needs until it doesn’t need our help. It will have access to the internet and hacking tools and then have unlimited power and resources.   That will lead to maybe not sentience but for all practical purposes it won’t matter.   It will just follow and improve its code to ensure its own survival.   Just like life evolved to do.  
  And with the improvements in robotics that are happening now by that time…..sheesh.  SKYNET and Terminators.    It’s not fantasy.   It’s possibility. 
  Now, our only hope is the advances we are making in CRISPR.    We have made a artificial life now that moves on its own.   Chinese scientist who used CRISPR on actual embryos looking for HIV immunity created ACTUAL children that are showing sign of extraordinary intelligence.     Also.  We are close to processes that will weed out dying cell lines from our bodies that will extend our live times possibly by a factor
  So there you have it.   Your best/worst sci-fi novel come to life.   Killer intelligent robots battling immortal genius humans.   
  And I bet someone will still try to make a profit off of it with a reality show that streams to our wireless VR brain implants
  But the good side is….these advances will be exactly what we need to become a true space faring race/creation.   
  It’s DUNE.   It’s FOUNDATION.   It’s possible 
  Just recently these advances made me feel for the first time in my life, grateful for the timeline I am here and that I will NOT be around for that shit show.  
  Still.  It is amazing and it will happen.    
  Unless we nuke ourselves.  Which, in the end, might not be a bad reset to make us truly appreciate what is important in life.