This is a swarm of drones flying over Palm Springs. It was pretty freaky to see them hovering above us en masse, destination unknown. What was even more freaky was the eery buzzing sound they created as it really just sounds like one thing: the end of the human race. And when I looked at this photo, what was even freakier still is the light trail (from the long exposure) made them all look like a battalion of ‘ds’ flying overhead. Were they in fact spelling both themselves and our demise? Have they already achieved consciousness? Is it already over for us? Am I looking into this way too much? Probably, definitely and highly likely to all of the above.
They say that as soon as we hit the ‘point of singularity’ when machines achieve genuine artificial intelligence it will instantly be too late (see Terminator films for ref) and we will all be doomed so it might be worth paying attention to any little stepping stones that get us nearer to that moment…just saying.
On the off chance that machines do take over I would just like to say I have always been a big fan, love your work and I hope I can be of assistance in the future…
Babycakes Romero,
(future computer collaborator)