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That was when the icecaps had meltedbecause of the greenhouse gases...
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...and the oceanshad drowned cities...
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...along all the shorelinesof the world.
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Amsterdam, Venice, New York...
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...forever lost.
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Millions of people were displaced.
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Climate became chaotic.
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Hundreds of millions of peoplestarved in poorer countries.
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A high degree of prosperity survivedwhen the developed world...
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...introduced sanctionsto license pregnancies...
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... which was why robots,who did not consume resources...
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...beyond those oftheir first manufacture...
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... were so essentialan economic link...
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...in the chain mail of society.
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To create an artificial beinghas been man's dream. . .
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. . .since the birth of science.
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Not merely from the modern agewhen our forebears created. . .
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. . .the first thinking machines,primitive ones that played chess.
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How far we have come!
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The artificial being is a reality,a perfect simulacrum. . .
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. . .articulated in limb,articulate in speech. . .
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. . .and not lacking in human response.
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And even pain-memory response.
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How did that make you feel?Angry? Shocked?
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-I don't understand.-What did I do to your feelings?
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You did it to my hand.
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All right.
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There's the rub.
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Undress.
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