The Great Dying

Today I asked AI when humans will become extinct.

There's a 6% chance that it happens by 2100. But also a 10% chance.

It will happen in 250 million years. It will happen in 20 years.

It will be climate change-related. It will be nuclear explosion-related.

It will be like a mass extinction event called The Great Dying -- when volcanoes swallowed up the Earth.

I'm sure the end will come. For us. For all.

Perhaps turning on our forests is the beginning. Perhaps not.

Perhaps turning on our oceans is the beginning. Perhaps not.

Perhaps turning on ourselves is the beginning. But probably not.

The end is hard to see and the end's beginning feels like the first uncertain stride on a department store elevator.

And so I asked an immortal, omniscient screen to tell me how I die.

Tomorrow, if we're here, I'll ask AI who God is.



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