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so many modern miracles

depended on clever ideas
realized as machines
and on skilled humans learning
how to operate those machines
with intricate finesse

spiraling down highways
across fields and through skies

assembling giant steel beams
to create tall buildings

guiding tiny bursts of energy
knocking out misfiring heart cells
one after another
again and again     until
heart beats on the screen
become regular

in every field
as the machines became more and more
intelligent     and more and more autonomous
expert humans bonded with the machines
that allowed them to achieve reliable results
continuous improvement and valuable innovation

in later stages, when machine intelligence
accelerated past human understanding

some machines also bonded
with humans

January 11, 12  Thomaston Maine
edited February 2
Robot Series

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