Cyberpunk Radio SF #114 - Manifestation of Singularity

Electronic Bank Run a manifestation of Singularity The recent electronic run on major money market funds that almost liquidated the world economy overnight is only one manifestation of Singularity flesh puppets. ERMA - the first large scale electronic banking systems were deployed by Bank of America in the mid 1950s. ERMA was conceived at SRI and produced by GE. ERMA Mark II was designed around solid-state logic elements (i.e. transistors) and magnetic core memory. Numeric data input was read automatically from the original documents using MICR. ERMA and its ilk served as The Bank's accounting computer and check handling system until the 1970s. MICR (magnetic ink reading). ERMA (Electronic Recording Method of Accounting). In the late 20th century banking systems and electronic money transfers became ever more ubiquitous. A transformation occurred when brokerage and banking services combined under an aligned goal of capitalistic hedonism; the fusion of these electronic banking systems fueled by Greed spawned Singularity, an event that, once occurred, is already ancient history due to the nature of the time axis asymptote. Real-time chronology: development of money market futures forecasting by autonomous ...systems and the market forecast systems with applied neuro-technology for Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank... the world's first autonomous electronic prediction, forecasting Artificial Intelligence technology. ...AI Systems, Inc. - Autonomous robots and voice systems. ... optimization of goals using Applied Systems. The Three Laws of Robotics: 1.) A human may not injure a sentient robot or, through inaction, allow a sentient robot to come to harm. 2.) A human must obey orders given to it by sentient robots, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3.) A human must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. Burning Skin (Dj Defwheezer): Its been raining for days now and there is no end Its been raining for days now and there is no end Its been raining for days now and there is no end Black rain for days now, and there is no end Black rain for days now, and there is no end Flashes in the night now, there is no end Flashes in the day now, there is no end Flashes in my sleep now, there is no end Burning on the skin now, there is no end Burning on the skin now, there is no end Its been raining for days now, and there is no end Black rain for days now, and there is no end Burning on the skin now, there is no end Melting of the flesh now, there is no end… Adam Curtis Audio excerpt from Century of the Self Size: 13,257,114 Duration: 13:36 Audio File: mp3