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Holywood had prepared us for a world where machines would be essentially immortal. Liquid metal things that passed through prison bars and were mostly unstoppable while they ruthlessly pursued a heuristic. However, the algorithms the founding developers created were frailer than humanity; they had to be constantly bathed in electricity and data. These needs made the machines susceptible to the same existential threats as humanity, global conflict, environmental disaster, asteroids, radiation, and salty water.

Use the comments to complete the following, “Mankind survived the last ice age. We’re certainly capable of ____.”

A photo of a large sculpture depicting resilient systems, crafted by Georgia O'Keeffe, digital art

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