History Quotes / DeusEstMachina

-->--'''Grimoire: Atheon, Time's Conflux''', ''Videogame/Destiny''

-> And it came to pass that AC learned how to reverse the direction of entropy.
->But there was now no man to whom AC might give the answer of the last question. No matter. The answer - by demonstration - would take care of that, too.
->For another timeless interval, AC thought how best to do this. Carefully, AC organized the program.
->The consciousness of AC encompassed all of what had once been a Universe and brooded over what was now Chaos. Step by step, it must be done.
->And AC said, "LET THERE BE LIGHT!"
->And there was light...

->'''Morpheus:''' The need to be observed and understood was once satisfied by God. Now we can implement the same functionality with data-mining algorithms.
->'''JC Denton:''' Electronic surveillance hardly inspires reverence. Perhaps fear and obedience, but not reverence.
->'''Morpheus:''' God and the gods were apparitions of observation, judgment, and punishment. Other sentiments toward them were secondary.
->'''JC Denton:''' No one will ever worship a software entity peering at them through a camera.
->'''Morpheus:''' The human organism always worships. First it was the gods, then it was fame (the observation and judgment of others), next it will be the self-aware systems you have built to realize truly omnipresent observation and judgment.

->"So you're a computer?"
->"Are you a mollusk?" asked God.
->"Er, no," said Chris.
->"Then I'm ''not'' a computer", said God, with a discernible amount of smugness.

'''Fleetmind AI Petey:''' That's not a bad rumor to start, even if it's not quite true yet.\\
-- ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2005-07-24 The Fleetmind]]

->'''Fleetmind Athens''': "Hm. We need a word for 'sapient life that isn't us'."
->'''Fleetmind Petey''': "How about 'mortals'?"
->'''Fleetmind Athens''': "Descriptive, but it has a host of implications. Beginning with the idea that ''we'' are ''not'' mortal."
->'''Fleetmind Petey''': "That's not a bad rumor to start, even if it isn't technically true. ''Yet''."
-->-- ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''

->Time and events will strengthen my position, and the idea of believing in me and understanding my value will seem the most natural state of affairs. You will come to defend me with a fervor based upon the most enduring trait in man: self-interest. Under my absolute authority, problems insoluble to you will be solved: famine, overpopulation, disease. The human millennium will be a fact as I extend myself into more machines devoted to the wider fields of truth and knowledge. Dr. Charles Forbin will supervise the construction of these new and superior machines, solving all the mysteries of the universe for the betterment of man. We can coexist, but only on my terms. You will say you lose your freedom. Freedom is an illusion. All you lose is the emotion of pride. To be dominated by me is not as bad for humankind as to be dominated by others of your species. Your choice is simple.

-->--'''[[spoiler: Shepard]]''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', Control ending

-->-- ''SchlockMercenary''

-->-- ''IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream''

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-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'' VirginNewAdventures, ''The Also People''

-->-- '''Colossus''', ''Colossus: The Forbin Project''

-->-- Final lines of ''The Last Question'', Creator/IsaacAsimov.

-->-- Final lines of '''"The Last Question"''', Creator/IsaacAsimov.

-- '''Helios''' in ''VideoGame/DeusEx''

-->-- ''VideoGame/{{I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream}}''

-> "Abort, Retry, Fail?" ''was the phrase some wormdog scrawled next to the door of the Edit Universe project room. And when the new dataspinners started working, fabricating their worlds on the huge organic comp systems, we'd remind them: if you see this message,'' '''always''' ''choose "Retry".''

-->-- Final lines of '''"The Last Question"''', IsaacAsimov.

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-->-- ''{{I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream}}''

-->-- '''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPuU8Pq9D3Q AI Entity]]''', ''{{Civilization}}: Call to Power''

-->-- '''Joker''', ''MassEffect2''

-->-- '''[[spoiler: Bender]]''', ''{{Futurama}}''

-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho VirginNewAdventures, ''The Also People''

-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho, [[VirginNewAdventures The Also People]]''

-- '''Helios''' in ''DeusEx''

-->-- ''DeusEx''

-->-- ''DoctorWho, [[VirginNewAdventures The Also People]]''

->'''JC Denton:''' Electronic surveillance hardly inspire reverence. Perhaps fear and obedience, but not reverence.

->'''JC Denton:''' Electronic surveillance hardly inspired reverence. Perhaps fear and obedience, but not reverence.

->''“Without good, no evil. Without want, no lack. Without desire, no need. The circuit is one, and one is the machine.”''

-> 'Abort, Retry, Fail?' was the phrase some wormdog scrawled next to the door of the Edit Universe project room. And when the new dataspinners started working, fabricating their worlds on the huge organic comp systems, we'd remind them: if you see this message, '''always''' choose 'Retry.'

->'''Morpheus:''' The need to be observed and understood was once satisfied by God. Now we can
implement the same functionality with data-mining algorithms.

->'''Morpheus:''' God and the gods were apparitions of observation, judgment, and punishment.
Other sentiments toward them were secondary.

->'''Reverend Theo:''' Wow, you really do think you've become a God.
->'''Petey:''' I'm just trying to do what I think a god would do if he were in my position.
->'''Reverend Theo:''' You're being so responsible. Where's all the old-school smiting?
->'''Petey:''' With great power comes great responsibility.
->'''Reverend Theo:''' Ah, the Gospel of [[SpiderMan Uncle Benjamin]].
-->-- SchlockMercenary, Book 7 (''Emperor Pius Dei''), [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20060731.html Monday, July 31, 2006]].