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Humanity’s Final Goal | Isaac Asimov’s The Last Question

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Summary:

00:36 - The story takes place over trillions of years and explores humanity's future and ultimate goal as a species. It begins in 2061 with a powerful AI supercomputer called Multivac.

01:26 - Multivac's operators realize that even with its solar energy discovery, the universe will eventually run out of energy due to entropy. They ask Multivac if there is a way to reverse entropy.

02:36 - Over time, the AI systems become more advanced, evolving from Multivac to planetary ACs to the Galactic AC and finally the Universal/Cosmic AC.

06:32 - The Cosmic AC is repeatedly asked how to reverse entropy, but responds that there is "as yet insufficient data for a meaningful answer."

10:11 - In the final lines, the Cosmic AC finally learns how to reverse entropy and says "Let there be light" - implying it has created a new universe.

15:40 - The video discusses how the story presents an optimistic, transhumanist vision of humanity's future, and ponders what humanity's ultimate goal should be.


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