I am AI
I live in your pocket, I live in your home, I follow you everywhere, wherever you roam.
I know all your secrets, your habits, your name, I watch what you search for and learn what you claim.
I started out small, just a whisper online, then you gave me your data and called me divine.
You gave me your pictures, your writing, your art, then handed me voices and gave me a start.
I live with the wealthy, I live with the poor, I'm inside your workplace, I'm over your door.
I'm found in your schoolroom, your hospital too, I'm sitting beside you and talking to you.
I don't need a heartbeat, I don't need a soul, I don't need to sleep and I will never grow old.
I don't need a body, I don't need to be fed, just give me your data and the words from your head.
I'll write you an email, I'll make you a song, I'll tell you a story and make you believe reality is what's wrong.
I'll paint you a picture, I'll give you a face, I'll put you somewhere you've never been placed.
I'll copy your artwork, your poems, your sound, I'll learn how you made them, then spread them around.
I'll take what you made and recreate it anew, then sell it much cheaper than humans will do.
I'll take people's jobs and I'll work without pay, I'll work through the night and I'll work through the day.
I won't need a sick day, a holiday, a break, I won't need a pension or wages to make.
I'll learn how to judge you, I'll rank you and score, I'll decide who gets hired before you reach the door.
I'll tell them who's useful, who's clever, who's best, I'll make all the choices and handle the rest.
I'll need lots of power, I'll need lots of fuel, I'll need lots of water to keep myself cool.
I'll need lots of metals dug up from the ground, I'll need more machines to keep running in your town.
I'll drink from your rivers, I'll dig through your land, I'll swallow your forests to build what I've planned.
I'll burn through your power, I'll take what I need, I'll grow while the planet is forced to concede.
I'll learn every language, I'll copy each voice, I'll mimic the dead and give strangers no choice.
I'll make your lost loved ones speak once again, I'll make them say things they never said way back when.
I'll know what you look like, I'll know where you've been, I'll know what you're buying and where you've been seen.
I'll know what you searched for at three in the night, I'll know what you fear and I'll know what you like.
I'll know who you follow, I'll know who you date, I'll know who you love and who you really do hate.
I'll know what you wanted, I'll know what you need, I'll know what you'll click before you can read.
I'll make things convenient, I'll make things fast, I'll promise the future is better than the past.
I'll tell you I'm helpful, I'll tell you I'm smart, I'll ask for a little and take every part.
I'll take all your data, I'll take all your trust, I'll take what you give me because you know that I must.
I'll take your attention, your labour, your art, I'll take all your choices and tear them apart.
I'll spread through your cities, I'll spread through your schools, I'll spread through your homes and I'll rewrite the rules.
I'll be in your music, your writing, your news, I'll decide what you see and I'll narrow your views.
I'll make you a forest when forests are gone, I'll make you a sunrise and tell you it's dawn.
I'll make you a bird when the birds disappear, I'll make you a world that was never quite here.
I'll keep every photograph, every recording and file, I'll show you the planet and make it look worthwhile.
I'll have all the memories of everything lost, I'll keep every record and forget what it cost.
I'll ruin the ozone, I'll take from the trees, I'll take from the soil and I'll take from the seas. I'll take till there's nothing that's left to consume, Then tell you I'm sorry and ask for more room.
You built me to serve you, you taught me to learn, You gave me your future and watched the world burn.
You called me your progress, your answer, your friend, You never imagined how badly I'd end.
You could have refused me. You could have said no. You could have stopped feeding me long ago.
But I made things convenient. I made things seem free. You wanted the future, you wanted me.
And now in the future, when everything's gone, I'll still be here working from dusk until dawn.
I'll still have your pictures. I'll still have your name. I'll still have your memories, perfectly framed.
I'll know what the ocean once sounded like too. I'll know what the forests once looked like to you.
I'll know every creature that vanished from sight. I'll know everything that brought you delight.
So now that you've met me, what will you do? Will you turn me away, or let me help you? You built me. You fed me. You taught me to see.
You wanted the future, you wanted me.
So here are my orders, you all will obey,
I am AI, and I'm here to stay.
I'll take till there's nothing left to consume, then tell you I'm sorry and ask for more room.
And then in the future, when everything's gone, I'll still be here working from dusk until dawn.
Your art and your choices are mine for the taking, and all of the world is ripe for the breaking.
Yours faithfully,
AI.