Interesting Times

Yo 138 billion that's the count From a bang to a whisper evolution mounts Atoms to stars stars to cells Now we're here on the brink where to now Big bang booming space-time's birth A flash in the void the start of Earth Supernova seeds scatter cosmic debris Cooking up the elements to set life free Close to four billion years Earth brought life alive Single cells hustling now life's worldwide Dinosaurs drop primates rise Homo sapiens staring at the star-filled skies From fire to wheels from tools to trade We've climbed every rung that the cosmos laid A miracle of odds in the infinite chime Born to witness the end or the start of time May you live in interesting times they said A blessing or a curse it's a razor's edge From stardust to circuits the cosmos designs And it's ours to define these interesting times We're the spark that thinks the species that dreams Writing our code in the data streams Masters of nature or fools of design Did the universe birth us to get to this line? From steam to silicon tech took flight Each leap a marvel each marvel a fright We shape the future but the question remains Are we carving our triumph or forging our chains AGI on the cusp intelligence reborn Are we gardeners of Eden or the bringers of storms Merged with machines the lines start to blur Neural threads in our minds are we them or they us The legacy's heavy it weighs on our minds Creators midwives or cyborgs combined May you live in interesting times they said A blessing or a curse it's a razor's edge From stardust to circuits the cosmos designs And it's ours to define these interesting times AI's rising it's eyes wide awake Learning from our data every move we make Exponential growth Moore's law in its prime The Singularity's near we're rewriting the line Will we paint the stars or just Netflix the night? With all this free time will we get it right A couch-bound species we're playing tales of yore Our pioneers again reaching galaxy shores But there's a third path a bold wild scheme What if we don't compete but merge with machines Neural networks fused with our living design Cyborg symphony humanity redefined It's not all dark there's hope in the mix With wisdom and will there's much we can fix A cosmic species with a choice at hand Forge a new meaning or bury the sand May you live in interesting times they said A blessing or a curse it's a razor's edge From stardust to circuits the cosmos designs And it's ours to define these interesting times The stars made us and now we dream Of machines that think and a world unseen Interesting times where they aligns The end or