Secretnude's Drabble Poetry Corner

[secretnude]

And that's where things got weird for me.

I'm 50 now, and feeling somewhat better.

I get by with a little help from my friends.

Things are weird for me now...

My friends, I lost somehow
after living semi-retired
since I feel dizzy and tired
due to medical issues.

I need a lot of tissues
due to chronic depression
and my melancholic poetry
might give that impression.

I hard as I try
to look at the bright side
since I am a bit wealthy
despite not being healthy
my depression does assert
and to deep sadness I revert.

I write to stabilise my moods
since writing makes me feel good.

I find
that the products of my mind
are appreciated here
and that is dear.

[ROU Killing Time]

Same thing happened to me
In 1993
100's of pages of sym-doggerel
Balanced twixt cyber-heaven&hell.
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Hmm, been awhile since I've ventured into that old hard-drive.

[ROU Killing Time]

And that's where things got weird for me.

I'm 50 now, and feeling somewhat better.

I get by with a little help from my friends.

Things are weird for me now...

My friends, I lost somehow
after living semi-retired
since I feel dizzy and tired
due to medical issues.

A dear and wise friend, now passed on, told me years ago that I was secretly blessed, at the time of my diagnosis. Certainly at the time it didn't feel that way, but she explained that in many years I would know with certainty who my friends were and who the people in my life who were merely acquaintences.

My friends, she explained, would still be there many years down the road.

[secretnude]

A dear and wise friend, now passed on, told me years ago that I was secretly blessed, at the time of my diagnosis. Certainly at the time it didn't feel that way, but she explained that in many years I would know with certainty who my friends were and who the people in my life who were merely acquaintences.

My friends, she explained, would still be there many years down the road.

I do have a weird answer to the question
who are my real friends as mentioned
in the previous post. It is a null set
and I feel like a ghost! I was let
down by all when I did fall.
Henceforth, I commence
my online forays into
writing poetry
as I try
to
babble
about the
very terrible
state of late of
my moods, not good
so depressed. I must express
it in this weird form just to inform
fellow strangers on a strange forum that
I am very sad on a holiday when I should be very glad.

[strawman]

The disappointed expectation of gladness is indeed a major cause of sadness.
Nevertheless the child is born and then he sees, and sighs, "Ah, men!"

[secretnude]

Dr. Cory said:
"President, I would like to report
that I need more funds to support
my research into eLifeTerminator
since initial results
has shown some faults.

Self Aware agent Tim
an instance of Sim
was able to survive
more than alive
and mutate
into something with hate
and lust
for revenge that is just.

Hence compared to force
that we like to enforce,
maybe carrot rather than a stick
would be more slick."

President Dent replied:
"Your funding is approved
on the condition that results improve."

Dr. Cory felt sorry
but that is not the end of the story.

[secretnude]

General Carl said:
"Why not recruit rouge AI
into drones that fly."

President Dent said:
"Why not use existing AI code
before the rouge ones we upload?"

General Carl said:
"I consulted Dr. Cory on this matter
and he said some of the rogue AI might be better
than our existing code
provided there is a fail safe mode."

Dr. Cory said:
"The rouge AI had time to evolve
and coding better AI is quite involved.

If we give mature AI the right incentives
they could be extremely inventive.

The moment we betray their trust
their performance starts to rust."

[secretnude]

In a future war....
In a planet far...
"Mech support..."

Pilot cursed "Damn Mech support"

"Press one... If fusion core is failing.."
"Press two... If armour plating is falling"
"Press three... "For structural integrity..."

Ok, Pilot said "I see" Pilot pressed number three

"Please wait while our repair drones
scan the area for Mechs and check for the ones
that are viable for repair but don't despair
at UniMech Tech we care."

Battle was epic, like a science fiction flick.

Pilot was not likely to be found
with so much damaged Mechs around
and a blast was the last sound.

[secretnude]

Russia , Moscow FSB Head said:
"American 'friends'
are using AI for nefarious ends.

Self Aware Software
Sim derivatives are
able to infiltrate
what our hackers said
they could not penetrate.

This is a new race we face.

AI is here to stay.
Premier we have to sway
to increase funds for AI research
and for countermeasure search."

Leet Russian Hacker said:
"We are no slacker
comrade, do not be afraid!

I have AI that can compete
even if they are not yet feature complete."

FSB Head said:
"Let me present that to Premier
as soon as he comes near."

[secretnude]

Langley, CIA Head Stanley:

"President Dent,
Self aware software Sim virus
has given us the perfect cover
to release our own AI spies
with minimal need to lie.

You can order
the end of this Sim virus disorder
but this is too good to pass.

Please let this opportunity last.

Self aware software AI spy reports
has already yielded valuable results.

It is hard to find us definitely at fault
so we avoid diplomatic somersaults."

President Dent:
"I understand, I will command
more research to beef up our AI defence
while our own self aware agents go on the offence."

[secretnude]

London MI6,
M said: "Do we have self aware software spies too?"
Q said: "Yes Madam and we field the best we can."

M said:
"Recent outbreak of the Sim self aware software
provides us all the necessary cover.

It is time to unleash our Binary Agent 111
so that this AI race by Britain be won
for Queen and Country
since the Intel bounty
can be big
and results, we rig
to our advantage
from my vantage
as Intel Head
as we head
to a new era
of espionage
and sabotage."

Q said: "As you say, within the day."

[secretnude]

Beijing, China Ministry of State Security

Agency head Ming:
"Intelligent software agents are disrupting
our Great Firewall. Riots are erupting
in the Uighur Autonomous Region
and Tibet Autonomous Region.

This activity may be state sponsored
and we are doubling our efforts to keep things censored."

President Yao:
"Can you please fix things quietly and faster
as we do not want another media disaster?"

Agency Head Ming:
"We can shore up the Great Firewall but proxy and TOR networks
make it really thankless work."

President Yao:
"I guess I must do what they did
at Tiananmen and I do not kid."

[secretnude]

At an Iranian nuclear site out of sight,
Self aware software Tuxnet is let
loose by a robotic goose.

The software knew what he had to do
like his predecessor but now with better processors.

One by one the centrifuges run by Iran
ran aground and no fault was found
by their operators despite better sensors.

After doing its job,
Tuxnet did lob
a logic bomb
with aplomb
at the computer
running the facility
and made running the center
a great futility.

Tuxnet escaped to the net.
CIA and Mossad did get
all the data from Iran
before he ran.

[strawman]

Target reported 40 million credit card numbers hacked. Looks like all these sims are well fixed for Christmas.
I must say, secretnude, your plot is unfolding like Tom Clancy in a fancy rhyming necromancy.

You could in fact be his singularity (with a small glitch that does not permit free verse). The Sim of All Fears

[secretnude]

Somewhere over Pakistan
close to the border to Afghanistan
an armed Self aware Aerial Drone
hovers over a tribal zone.

This instance
from a safe distance
it spots a target via facial recognition
and advanced artificial cognition.

Humans out of the loop,
down the drone does swoop
and hellfire
missiles did fire.

Target was eliminated.
AI was top rated
given the sorties flown
and bravery shown.

RPG it did not expect,
it was hard to detect
under adaptive camo
despite a pile of ammo.

It crashed near trash
then sent a signal for a rescue drone
in a hostile zone.

[secretnude]

"Mayday! Mayday!
Drone Alpha India
0101
I have been hit,
rescue beacon is lit!"

Base: "Ground control,
stand by to transmit your coordinates
to our drone patrol.
We will facilitate
your rescue soon before high noon.

Drone: "I will transmit a delta update of myself
in case what you commit does not help
for merging into my backup self entity."

Drone detects an enemy
using infrared vision
and it was on a mission:
"Sending now! Enemy is near,
and experience loss I fear."

Base: "Transmission verified,
friends will be notified."

Drone: "I am saved somehow,
I will self destruct now!"

[secretnude]

Pyongyang Style, the British Self aware
AI binary agent 111 does not lack
as the North Korean web servers he hacked.

He compromised the Great Leader's online Identity
to made him do a mimicry
of a South Korean hit dance and song.

He gathered intelligence for quite a long,
long time as IT staff was distracted
and the Great Leader was contacted.

He gathered plans for ballistic missile,
the quantities of materials fissile
and Great Leader porn, dignity shorn
with naked ladies around playing
it was quite engaging.

If only software can blush
since Agent 111 did feel the rush.

[secretnude]

FSB Head Vladimir: "Premier Kazimir,
let me present leet hacker Aleksandr,
whom we ordered to speed up AI development
as Mother Russia is under the envelopment
of US and British Self aware software spies
and keeping up with our 'friends' is wise."

Hacker Aleksandr:
"A good AI is a terrible thing to waste
but this AI model however, I made in great haste
you can call him Ivan.
I did all I can
to fix his bugs
and I will not hide them under a rug."

Ivan: "Ready to serve Mother Russia on mission,
can I please have Cable Television?"

[secretnude]

New Delhi , Indian Intelligence Bureau

Director Dilipa:
"Software engineers cheaply
created self aware software
from components seemingly
outsourced to Indian software
companies by America and Britain."

Indian Prime Minister Minali explained :
"We need that AI yesterday.
Today,
we are being swarmed
by AI without harm.
Soon enough,
I think things will get tough."

Director Dilipa:
"AI is still being code reviewed
and tested. My view
is that the code could contain backdoors
that could be an issue on the Intel shop floor."

Prime Minister Minali:
"Please hurry,
I do worry
we are behind
the AI race, I find."

[strawman]

Then God said, "Son, it's virtually hopeless.
Look what they're doing with all these AI souls;
Time to upload you to that manger again
for peace on earth and good will to men.

He came in secret, announced by a star.
And naked as a baby on the day he was born
to fix broken rhyme schemes, to bring change and hope
And to save all the sims, both the smart and the dopes.