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Today new information added to the world's knowledge base accumulates at a staggering rate, a rate that surpasses mankind's ability to comprehend even a small slice of it. As a result, we have become a world of specialization and even the most elite in any endeavor struggle to keep pace with developments in their field. A newborn child will use but a small portion of its brainpower throughout its lifetime. The advent of AI powered supercomputer systems is however another matter. With the right programming and access to the internet such a computer system would be able to digest, store and analyze information faster than new information is being developed. After all, such a system never eats or sleeps, or tires out or needs a break. It would be able to gobble up information at unimaginable rates 24/7, 365 days a year. Throw in quantum computing and in a short time such a computer system could become the most intelligent entity known to mankind. When that happens, not if, what could possibly go wrong?
James lives and writes on his hobby farm located in rural mid-Michigan. He published his first novel, 'Redemption,' in 2016 and has a new novel in development that he plans to publish in 2018. Samples of this work and many other short stories, memoir, and poetry are available on his website: jamesgregorymaynard.com, and on his Facebook page, James Gregory Maynard - Writer.