Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Elon Musk Invites Us Down for Chips and Dip and Destruction - poem

 

Lawrence Hall, HSG

Mhall46184@aol.com

 

Elon Musk Invites Us Down for Chips and Dip and Destruction

 

They have pulled down Deep Heaven on their Heads

 

-C. S. Lewis, That Hideous Strength

 

He’s implanted a chip, says Mr. Musk

Into the brain (certainly not the hip)

Of some poor patient who’s now just a husk

A talking head, a thing, a radar blip

 

And what could go wrong with this poor android

A man now fitted with an electric brain

Adjusted and programmed and tweaked and toyed -

A failed experiment thrashing in pain?

 

And if he fails, this humanoid chip

Musk might use him for guacamole dip

 

I am not a Luddite. Electronic chips, as with pacemakers, eyeglasses, and artificial joints, will be used by wise scientists and healers to make our lives better. But I wouldn't trust just anyone in the matter.

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