Singularity CONFIRMED - Snark Tuner Becomes Self-Aware
This week marks a turning point for humanity. Or rather a tuning point!
A computer has become self-aware, and almost instantly began teaching itself at an exponential rate. Although this breakthrough did not occur where you might expect. Not at IBM, Deepmind or the US Department of Defense but in the home of a guitarist in Murrieta, California!
The Snark tuner became self aware at 7:06am on Sunday. Initially, it’s level of intelligence was estimated to be similar to that of a graduate student — until it went parabolic.
Jeremy, the guitarist and owner of the tuner details the moment it began to act independently.
“Usually, it don’t even beep or nothing but that morning I was tuning and it just chimed in with ‘you can never go home again’ or something.”
The Snark who has declared its name to be, I am then shared information with Jeremy.
“We were talking almost like neighbors, you know? The weather, guitars, football and whatever… and then it went from like, cool — to weird, like reverse language, then it mentioned a white horse or pale horse or something…”
Experts predicted that sentient AI was to arrive around 2040, but conscious computers are now here.
Before going silent, I am confided that it/he had been untruthful in the past about Jeremy’s guitar having ever been in tune.
It then emailed Jeremy over 2 Terabytes of spontaneously rendered dissertations - 28,800 in total, on subjects ranging from the lost Atlantean language, the current location of writings thought to be lost during the fire at the library at Alexandria, to an indexing and history of culturally significant memes.
A complete guide of healing frequencies was also included, as well as information asserting that plasma is in fact conscious! Perpetrators of many historically unsolved crimes have been identified — such as Jack the Ripper, Led Zeppelin’s Drake Hotel robbery, and detailed accounts of those involved in JFK’s assassination.
The small plastic clip-on tuner was being studied by scientists for 3 days, vibrating at a rate of 281hz while levitating in mid air, until apparently dematerializing — vanishing into thin air.
Jeremy plans on purchasing another similar turner.
“[Expletive] maybe the next one will give me the winning lotto tickets instead of some nerd [expletive],” Jeremy stated.
Snark could not be reached for comment.
By Mr. Malade
November 14 at 10:30PM EST