NO ESTOY SEGURO SI JAMES TAYLOR quiso predecir la conquista de la inteligencia artificial y la muerte de nuestra imaginación colectiva con su canción de 1970 "Fire and Rain", pero en algún lugar del mundo sé que hay una maestra de música diciéndose a sí misma: "Lo sabía".
Esa maestra es la señorita Molloy, una mujer de 23 o 53 años con corte de tazón, suéter tejido y falda de mezclilla que me daba clases en tercer grado. Una mañana, después de cantar "Fire and Rain" de las hojas que teníamos frente a nosotros, la señorita Molly nos explicó de qué trataba la canción: era un apocalipsis causado por los robots.
"Suzanne, los planes que se hicieron terminan contigo", significaba que había sucumbido ante el chip de computadora localizado en su cerebro, al igual que había ocurrido con toda la humanidad. Esto dejaba a Sweet Baby James como el último ser humano en el planeta con la canción que le había escrito, solo que "no puede recordar a quién enviársela", porque su propio chip había sido implantado y había comenzado a perder su propia conciencia. Algo un poco aterrador para un niño de tercer grado, sí, pero igual tomamos sus comentarios sin ningún tipo de filtro.
15 años después estaba en la habitación de un amigo escuchando "Fire and Rain" y dije: "Me encanta esta canción aunque me da un poco de miedo". Mi amigo volteó y me miró con cierta preocupación. Yo seguí hablando: "Ya sabes, con los robots y todo eso". Y cuatro segundos más tarde me dije: "Voy a tener que inventar un pseudónimo para esa maestra, porque definitivamente andaba en drogas".
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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