They asked the minister
in charge of AI suppression
if the country was ready for the next dimension.
He said, artificial intelligence will not scare Africans,
for we have long been robots without knowing
our soldiers programmed in their spine for slaughtering,
humanoids wound up over tribe,
semi-autonomous beggars
who “knew what we were doing”.
They asked the minister what tasks
are going to be assigned to the AI ministry.
He said, his son has an email address
and will go live to unveil the strategy.
“He says robots will not be allowed to vote
Unless they can prove they are people.”
No one in the crowd gets the riddle.
I think he believes AI is all robots
Because he thrives off pronouncing the ‘bot’
with such mechanical exactitude in his tone,
it would seem he himself has turned automaton.
This Poem was published in the July 2023 edition of the WSA magazine. Please click here to download.
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