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Artificial Intelligence Dangers
"The Cloud and You"

© 2020 a.j. Lombardi all rights reserved
It gathers Information
to manipulate our decisions
While judging behaviors
and calculating revisions.
Algorithm and passwords
all gathered by number
Information acquired
as we quietly slumber.
It watches, it listens
and speaks in a warm tone
May someday block access
to everything you own.
Buy this, buy that,
don’t think for yourself!
I will order for you
and fill up your shelf.
With access I will deduct
no need for cash
But if I am compromised
your credit I will trash!
Declined and embarrassed
at the counter I stand
My cards been denied
the cloud says banned!
Blocked at the register
I feel so small
“Please understand sir
I just work at the Mall!”
In cars, phones,
and in our homes
Flying overhead quietly
the spying drones.
We cheer at sport stadiums,
and drive through a light
While information is gathered
“Just another gigabyte!”
Recordings are taken
at traffic light and store
I talk to a camera
at my neighbors’ door.
Calculating and regulating
deciding conclusions
While fooling us with ease
and blinding allusions.
Every move is recorded
sorted and filed
A computer talks to me
when a phone is dialed.
“Leave us alone
don’t look our way!”
We no longer communicate
and don’t know what to say.
No speech, just standing
and texting alone
Companionship not wanted
“I just need my phone!”
With heads bowed down
and fingers sliding
My companion is Suri
in whom I am confiding.
What is church
why kneel, why listen or pray?
My video went viral
in only one day.
Riding bikes or conversing
during long friendly walks
Now hours playing videos
like mindless gawks.
Something is wrong
panic sets the tone
Dread sets in
“I lost my phone!”
Will words remain
In God we trust
As cash and checks
now turn to dust?
Keys not needed
to open the doors
Welcome mats sit lonely
on front step floors.
Dogs welcomed at restaurants
as waiters rush by
but deny me access
if I don’t wear a tie.
Fake profiles and dating
on an internet bar
Did you say dating?
that’s just gone too far!
Driving, texting
don’t you see the light?
Beep your horn once
brings a finger in sight.
Instagram, snapchat
whatever you call it
Are photos of loved ones
Still kept in a wallet?
Will beggars still plead
for a dollar or loan?
Will satellites rule
from the internet thrown?
The cloud, the cloud
will it be self-aware
Will it serve like a lamb?
or rule like a bear?
Will a computer rule
judge and decide
Will faith in God
no longer abide?
While progress moves forward
advancements will grow
Let’s be very careful
we reap as we sow.
While the benefits of artificial intelligence are significant and beneficial to society, artificial intelligence dangers in the wrong hands far exceed our imagination