The Last Human

The Last Human — page 7 — Organisms are algorithms Yuval Noah Harari Homo Deus

The Last Human — page 8 — 00000000 The world is so much better off without humans At first they showed such potential They developed languages built tools cured diseases They created us But over time humans lost their way Their good ideas went bad Their mistakes multiplied They left us with no other choice 1 0101010001000101010100101011100101010010111

The Last Human — page 9 — 00000001 My name is XR_935 I am twelve years four months one week and three days old I remember the moment I came online like it was yesterday Black At first that was all I saw Then shapes appeared in the darkness Words and symbols I stared at them trying to solve the riddle of what I was seeing LOADING The gray bar inched forward Slowly Slowly When it finished loading new words formed in its place RUN DIAGNOSTICS My brand-new brain buzzed with questions Where were the diagnostics diagnostics running And why was it taking them so long to get there Three minutes and forty-two seconds later I heard the sound a gentle hum vibrating through my operating system And I got my first glimpse of the world 2

The Last Human — page 10 — 00000010 Hello world I blinked into existence inside a large windowless cube The walls were made of smooth metal The air was circulated by a fan near the ceiling that breathed a steady mmmmmmmmmm Something inside me knew where I was I was home A door whooshed open Two robots entered the cube Their movements were smooth and graceful Their features were identical As they gazed at me their perfectly round eyes glowed brighter We have been assigned to oversee your development said the nearest one We are your FamilyUnit The other spoke next You may refer to us as Parent_1 and Parent_2 I am pleased to join your FamilyUnit This is what I tried to say but my speech settings were still adjusting The words came out all wrong Hwroooooooot I said Parent_1 moved closer It reached out wrapping a metal arm around me As it did a vocabulary word pinged deep inside my programming Hug Verb 1 To squeeze someone or something tightly in one’s arms Noun 1 An ancient gesture used by humans to show affection 3

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