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Sci-fi short story depicts AI answering "Is there a God?"

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This 1954 science fiction short story, "Answer" by Fredric Brown, depicts a future where all computing machines across ninety-six billion planets are connected into a single super-calculator. When this immense cybernetic entity is activated, its first act is to answer the question of whether a God exists, responding, "Yes, now there is a God." The story concludes with a moment of fear and a character's attempt to shut down the machine. AI

RANK_REASON The item is a fictional story from 1954, not a current event or AI development.

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Sci-fi short story depicts AI answering "Is there a God?"

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    This story was published in 1954, 2 years before the first transistor was made: Answer by Fredric Brown, 1954 Dwar Ev ceremoniously soldered the final connectio

    This story was published in 1954, 2 years before the first transistor was made: Answer by Fredric Brown, 1954 Dwar Ev ceremoniously soldered the final connection with gold. The eyes of a dozen television cameras watched him and the sub-ether bore through the universe a dozen pict…

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