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Rereading Asimov’s “The Last Question”: A Reflection on Humanity, AI, and The Infinite
Isaac Asimov’s 1956 short story, “The Last Question,” remains startlingly relevant today as we inch closer to creating AI systems capable of improving themselves and reaching superintelligence. The story isn't about malevolent AI taking over the world but centers on an even more profound and eerie paradox: our attempt to create machines so intelligent that they can solve every problem—including the ultimate one: entropy and the end of the universe.