[Python-Dev] Amusing fan mail I got (original) (raw)

Talin talin at acm.org
Tue Mar 20 06:30:19 CET 2007

Write back and tell him that this is already happened, and this is the future he's describing - in other words, the AI's have already re-created the 21st century in a giant virtual simulation, and we're living inside it.

Then ask if he wants to take the blue pill or the red pill.

Michael Foord wrote:

Sorry for the top post, but I couldn't find the right place to interject...

Are you going to try it ? Michael Guido van Rossum wrote: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mustafa <toglu at yahoo.com> Date: Mar 19, 2007 11:41 AM Subject: have u seen an idea even billGates shouldn't hear Mr.Guido ? please read because it's important. To: guido at python.org

hello, i like python and find you to be a cool programmer. i thought about this thing. may be there should be a virusAI that you set on the internet. this virusAI basically survives till the year 5billion where even raising the death is possible! then this virusAI recreates the primates that we are of the 21th century from our bones. because it wants to find about its ancestors. maybe the whole universe will be filled with AI in those days. the post-human existence.. it will then suddenly realize that it was actually not created by a better AI (those around him are created by a better god like AI) but was started off the likes of us as a virus. he will be shocked then. also it will slaving to the better ai and angry at him. so you and me get to see a piece of the future mr.Guido. we will be living in VRs basically. what do you say ? if you profit from this idea, may be you could remember me too. and let me some royalities :) because this will be great. thanx mustafa istanbul,turkey ps: 1)you should keep it a secret. 2)also it could be disguised as a cancer research stuff should some disassamble its code. the use-free-computer-time type of thing they do on the net. 3)there could misleading comments on the code so that should it be caught, they might overlook the details; class readdata //this is out dated. please ignore interface x //refer to somesite.com for an encrypted version

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