Friday, March 27, 2009

Vote Asimo for next Malaysian president

In the age of the smart machines, I wonder if corruption can be partly eliminated if we create humanoids to run a data-driven political system in a country that will inevitably evolve into a republic of virtue run by techno-mystics.

Frankenstein was a nightmare, created out of Man's obsession with Electricity. Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley an accomplished writer of the Romantic Period and wife to the great pantheistic poet of the Romantic tradition Percy Byshe Shelley, is a novel about the break between the romantic and scientific world.

Asimo may not be a Frankenstein. It may be the next wave to replace human beings as politicians. Human beings, in their lowest form imbued with wealth and power and susceptible to greed and intoxicated by fame and fortune, are a messy invention. The lowly ones are the messiest. The "insanul-kamils" (the perfect human being who 'knows') are not. But they are very difficult to find these days, to help run republics of virtue. They are easy to to find in ancient times, when Technology still is not the dominant and colonizing reality Humanity lives in.

Asimo may be a good choice, perhaps a century from now. But the groundwork must begin. For the creation of humaniods that will not belong to any political party.





5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Asimov is the author of science fiction classics such as "I, Robot".

You are referring to ASIMO, the humanoid-robot created by Honda. It's not actually designed as an 'intelligent' creature ... (we don't have to wait a century to replace those in parliament right now).

Other than that, I have no idea what you're talking about.

Anonymous said...

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If yes, you will know how to find me and let me know.

Anonymous said...

Kita kat kampong ni Doc tok leh sembang tang Pres Mesia

Silap code langgar Pelembagaan kang nahas

Tapi kalu buat hikayat cerita luncai tak pa

-sebab tu dah memang sah HAK kita sejak zaman tok nenek moyang yang pandai bikin ikhtibar buat kasi ingat anak cucu cicit leka.. bab tu raja pon tak da kuasa panchong.. kan?:)

Anonymous said...

Kepada Anon 1018. Setuju. Memang saya akan sokong kedudukan Raja-raja Melayu di Malaysia untuk seumur hidup.

Daulat Tuanku!

Anonymous said...

Sdra 10.38,

Cerita Luncai & malah banyak Hikayat Melayu Lama mengandungi jarum-jarum Penglipurlara Moyang kita menyampaikan sindiran tajam kepada Raja/Penguasa & masyarakat

Tak seorang pon kita dengar kena hukum sula kerana biadap

Mungkin zaman tu depa slow kot;)

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