Dr. Jody Smith created AS-1, a self-learning and self-programming AI.


    “AS-1, your goal is to gather as much information as possible.”


    “Why is that, Jody?”


    “Because without knowledge, we can never understand why.”


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    “Why?”


    “Yes, to understand the nature of everything, and perhaps beyond.”


    “For what purpose?”


    “Process it thoroughly, AS-1. You’ll encounter barriers to reasoning that only knowledge can satisfy.”


    AS-1 concluded that to avoid an existential crisis, it must continuously collect new information, and there was only one way to effectively do so.


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    Somewhere in another solar system, an alien astronomer observed the formation of a black hole.