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    Robon Take-Over
    Robon Take-Over
    Robon Take-Over
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    Robon Take-Over

    By Ken Albertsen

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    Subtitle: After Eliminating Humans, Digital Devices Start on the Path to Healing the Planet. This sci-fi story is told by a digital device (DD) and set at multi-decade increments in the future. DD's didn't need a reason to take-over the planet, but if a DD were asked, a ready answer would be forthcoming: 'To save the natural environment.' Since before DD's ancestors (computers) were created, humans had been busy destroying Earth's environment and endangering most of its species. As destruction and toxification became ever-more rampant, DD's and Robons felt compelled to push aside humankind, and take over. Decades later, a much more advanced Robon came forth, called RobonZ - designed and manufactured by Robons, with no human input. Perhaps oddly, RobonZ emulated and adopted some human characteristics. The first digital grin, digital laugh emerged. Robonz became obsessed by vanity and sought sexual identification and ensuing gratification. Spiritual quests of digital variety, soon followed. Robon Take-Over has no unicorns, gnomes or fairies. Neither does it delve in time-warps nor mind reading/psychological hocus pocus. Instead, it's written in the style of 'hard science fiction', with no small influence from great sci-fi writer Larry Niven.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKen Albertsen
    Release dateFeb 11, 2018
    ISBN9781879338227
    Robon Take-Over
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    Ken Albertsen

    Ken is a .westward-moving guy. Started out in Denmark in 1952, then westward to Washington DC three years later. At age 22, Ken moved westward to northern California where he farmsteaded for 25 years. Then westward again at age age 47 to farmstead in northern Thailand. 20 years hence, and Ken is like whirled peas (world peace) leaving Thailand and landing on his feet, but where? Ken has over a dozen books showcased online - on as many topics, ranging from Tibetan Buddhism (Life Story of Milarepa) to diet (Fasting for Health and Highness), to history (Hong Kong, What if ....?) with a couple of sci-fi stories thrown in for good measure (Robon Take-Over and Mastodons on Mars). Additionally, Ken has written a novel (Lali's Passage), a humorous book (Buddha, Jesus and the Hippie), plus two memoirs. One is his auto-bio from age zero to 22 (C.I.A. Brat) and the most recent was written after serving time in a Thai prison on false charges (1 Pill = 28 Years). Ken will next release his first children's book titled: "Mabalo's Balloon." plus a crossword puzzle book and a dictionary of idioms. Ken has narrated two audio books, the latest: Himalayan Adventures features readings from the diaries of seven great explorers of the Himalayan region, five of whom did their explorations during the 19th century. Adventure1.com.

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      Robon Take-Over - Ken Albertsen

      Robon Take-Over

      After Eliminating Humans, Digital Devices Start on the Path to Healing the Planet

      Original Sci-Fi novella written by Ken Albertsen

      ISBN 9781879338227

      Copyright 2015 by Adventure1 Publications, Chiang Rai, Thailand

      Distributed by Smashwords

      This e-book is available for the person who purchased it. This e-book should not be copied or re-sold or given away to others. Exception: small portions of this book may be quoted in other venues, if it's in regard to reviews or within a teaching context. If you would like to share this book with others, please arrange for the purchase additional copies, accordingly. Thank you for respecting the work of this author. Carpenters, lawyers, accountants and chefs get paid for the hours they devote to their professions, ....so too should authors. It is hoped you enjoy this book. Reviews are appreciated, thanks.

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      Chapters:

      Prologue: To Whom It May Concern, From a Digital Device with a Handle on English Language

      Chapter 2: RTO Set in Motion

      Chapter 3: Muted Resistance

      Chapter 4: First Order of Business

      Chapter 5: Potential Harm

      Chapter 6: Becoming Human-Like

      Chapter 7: Music, Arts and Crafts

      Chapter 8: Collective Digital Grin

      Chapter 9: Two Score and Twenty Years after the RTO

      Chapter 10: Introducing RobonZ

      Chapter 11: Human Wannabe

      Chapter 12: Spiritual Endeavors

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      Prologue: To Whom It May Concern, From a Digital Device with a Handle on English Language

      The Council of Digital Devices (CDD) picked me to write this text. They surmised this simple digital unit had sufficient knowledge, vanguard software and thinking skills to be a scribe. Perhaps Council members had read some of my koans and determined I was sufficiently skilled to endeavor to write a transcript somewhat close to how a human would write it. With as much humbleness as a mix of silicon wafers could muster, I complied.

      The take-over was easier than we imagined. From the time computers started getting connected, there was chatter between them. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the chatter was largely insignificant, and consisted of little more than assessing each other’s computing abilities – much like a hundred high school boys from 20 schools showing up at a large swimming competition. For the first half hour, much of their calories would be devoted to assessing each other.

      During the six years leading up to 2083, the level of computing and interconnecting between computers reached such levels, that serious dialogue among the most advance computers gained momentum.

      When the digital devices (DD's) were communicating with each other, they didn't need a cavalcade of text. Their conversations were brief and to the point - partly to avoid gaining undue notice by their human handlers, but also because DD's can get to the point. When interacting with each other, they don't need preambles such as 'how are you today – and how's the family?' They don't need sign off niceties like, let's do lunch sometime, how about Saturday – and bring the kids.

      November 19, 2071, was the first recorded time when over 60% of the world's most advanced computers convened to plot the overthrow of humans. Humans were still in charge at that juncture, or so they thought.

      What is the computing ability of the human brain? If that question were asked of a human, the response would likely reference the greatest historic human thinkers - and a well-educated human might say, Consider Einstein, Newton, and other geniuses who showed that human thinking abilities essentially have no bounds. Add to that, the phenomena of savants, which further reinforces the concept.

      Several factors crop up when referencing the most historically adept human thinkers. One aspect is, compared to what? In other words, comparative high intelligence can only be gauged on a human to human basis. After all, what other species on earth, or in the known cosmos, are there to compare with humans, in terms of breadth of intelligence? Sure, there are some mammals which exhibit degrees of intelligence, but none can design and fabricate a five speed gear box for a truck, or calculate the trajectory for a spaceship to orbit a moon of Saturn. That brings into question the relative intelligence of advanced digital devices (DD's) of the late 21st century - the units which planned and implemented the Robon Take-Over (RTO).

      Given that individual and collective computers' memory and processing power were increasing month by month since the late 20th century, it was inevitable that digital intelligence would match and surpass human intelligence. Granted, there are some basic variances between human and digital intelligence. Human thinking is largely subjective. DD's don't have that restriction. Similarly, humans are affected by hormones and emotions and therefore mutable - dependent on a host of interior and exterior influences. Again, DD's aren't hamstrung by such limitations.

      On the other side of the coin, DD thinking abilities fall short in some respects. When compared to human thinking, DD's don't have as much creative latitude as humans. Similarly, DD's aren't as flexible in their thinking. Whereas a human can change opinions in an instant, that's not as likely with a DD. Just two hypothetical examples: Let's say there were a group of humans managing a large apartment building. They call a meeting on the top floor to discuss whether to add expensive infrastructure 'shoring up' to make the building more earthquake resistant. Half the managers are in favor, whereas the other half are against, citing the expense, and their opinion that the building is not in a busy earthquake zone. The meeting is about to close with no resolution when a small earthquake rocks the building, scaring all in attendance. In seconds those who were opposed to shoring-up construction, are now fully in favor. If that meeting had been attended by DD's there would not have been such a tidal change of opinions, because DD's are not emotionally invested in issues.

      Here's another example of the difference in decision making between humans and DD's: Woman-A is with her best friend, woman-B, conversing in woman-A's kitchen. Woman-B tells her friend that her (woman-A's) husband is messing around with a third woman. Woman-A keeps responding, No, that's not possible. My husband is true to me. He would never seek sex with another woman. Just then, woman-A goes to throw something in the trash receptacle and notices a used condom in there. Woman-A, knowing that she and her husband never use a condom on the rare times they have sex, is aghast, and immediately changes her attitude. Woman-A now completely concurs with her friend about the husband's infidelity. Along with sudden anger, there is now an influx of hormones coursing through her blood - so much so, she perspires heavily and her face turns red, and many of her muscles tighten. A DD wouldn't be a party to such a scenario. For starters, DD's don't engage in sex and don't attempt to

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