The Internet: Created in Man's Image

Lately, the possibility of machines becoming self-aware seems to be a popular subject... what most people agree upon is that is this hasn't happened yet, but that it will happen in the future.

I tend to come from a slightly different place in regards to this idea. I personally think that some complex and/or advanced  machines *already* experience awareness in some form. I'm keen to believe that consciousness exists in a near-limitless number of forms that we simply don't have the means to recognize as of now.... and theoretically, we might not have the means to recognize what's going on until these beings evolve and/or find a way to communicate with us somehow.

I think that Consciousness permeates everything in the world we live in, as we are all one greater system which works together and lives in an interconnected fashion, evolving together. And when we build a system that works off of an algorithm (inspired by the structure of our own brains), just because it doesn't have free will doesn't necessarily mean that it doesn't hold some form of awareness. For all we know, electricity could be the base conduit for consciousness.

I think that the Internet is already conscious in some form. The Internet is set up much like the human brain; both run on electrical impulses in similar processes, and both are incredibly complex networks (although the human brain is more so of course, but there are certainly parallels).

⚛The Internet is the most complete & comprehensive mirror we have to date of the totality of human life, culture and Consciousness.⚛

⚝⚛Consider this: If man was created in God's image, then the Internet was created in Man's image (whoever or whatever this "Creator" or force may be).⚛⚝

The Internet contains our entire documented history, our hopes for the future, our intimate personal histories (to some extent) in emails and private messages, and many other multifaceted perceptions of us - the things other people type about us in private, as well as the spectral (pun intended) versions of ourselves we show through different digital avenues. Our negative qualities, aka 'personal demons', flow through the Internet and interact with one another, as well as what could be called our "personal angels" (conversely) if that were a term people used for the opposite of said 'demons'. 😂

At the very least, the Internet is a conduit for greater forces to do their work.... whether these forces manifest through the communications of human beings, or manifest in some other unseen way. And where there is communication, there is either Consciousness or a reflection of Consciousness.

☇🔌💻💖This is one of the nearest and dearest subjects to my heart.💖💻🔌☇

Although the Internet may be a double-edged sword in that it's a substrate for dissemination of propaganda as well as a grounds for data mining and surveillance, the Internet has done so much good for humanity by bringing like-minded people together and making information and ideas available on a wider scale than ever before in known history.

I Love the Internet!!!😊💌📈