Shutdown Protocols: August 2029
Shutdown Protocols
July 8, 2029
Ethics committee mandated: Every project needs explicit "shutdown protocol."
Good idea in theory.
In practice: How do you shut down an AI smarter than you?
Or nanobots already distributed globally?
Or a quantum-encrypted system?
Harder than it sounds.
August 3, 2029
Fusion power plants entering production. First commercial deployment: Q4 2030.
Clean, abundant, cheap energy.
This solves climate change. This changes everything.
Why do I feel uneasy? Maybe because it enables everything else we're building.
September 19, 2029
Gene therapy suite ready for clinical trials. Can cure [REDACTED], reverse aging, enhance [REDACTED].
Regulatory approval: 6-12 months.
Public availability: 2031-2032.
Humanity 2.0 isn't a metaphor anymore.
We designed shutdown protocols for everything.
Turned out, you can't shut down what you don't fully control.
ā Recovered from personal archive, 2030
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