A silent scream

On the hilltop by the night
i had a dream, a distant view
all it had was a silent scream
silence for me, scream for you.

The scream said a lot
the silence even more.
I was snapped out of it.
There was a knock at the door

Couldnt sleep that night,
couldnt even fake.
Question I asked,
was it the scream
or the silence that kept me awake.

The scream as it seemed to me
was one of a distressed plight.
Full of agony, full of pain
that went through me all night.

The silence seemed so unreal,
something hard to believe.
Bounding the restless scream so tight
it wouldn't let it leave.

'Let me out' was what the scream said,
don't push me on your way.
I have a life, I have a mind
at least let me have a say.

Silently the silence carried it along
right up till the end.
Authority. Command. Silent power.
It was a perfect blend.

I felt the scream as it went
all the way down my spine.
The impact it left made it certain,
the scream was actually mine.

The silence was this world around
this endless shining hollow,
ready to pounce upon my throat,
waiting for me to swallow.

The worlds a stage and we mere actors
a great man had once said,
was then free will a mere illusion
the answer to this i dread.

Reality might seldom be
as cruel as we may dream,
dreams still come true
impossible they may seem.

Why artificially challenged?

This discussion I had the other day ... about the challenges we still face to make machines at par with human intelligence.
It all started with an article on how robot evolution was mirroring the evolution of human life. How scientists have started to consider the fact that no human task will be impossible for robots in the future. The discussion went on the lines of how we are also sophisticated machines who have 'evolved' into our present forms. Maybe the reason why we have not yet been able to come up with the 'I,Robot' class of machines is that we are still artificially challenged in some sort of way. Something that machines are more adept at.
The idea that a machine can learn to identify why it failed at something is what fascinates me. In my perspective, a machine which can understand itself better would nurture even better machines.
I take example from human beings themselves. We evolved from within. Our systems learned what they lacked to be able to survive. Our biological systems were self learning and this is where the future of robot evolution lies. A future where robot systems identify the features they lack that they require to accomplish a task or to put it more discretely, to survive.

Another reason to name my blog so is maybe because I find myself incapable of being artificial or in other words I think I am 'artificially challenged' :)

My blog

A foray into public domain,
A means not to an end but to some landmarks on the way,
A search for the inveterate, more so for the unapparent,
An attempt at expression, at giving an opinion,
A pensieve for thoughts which go astray or for ones that lead the way,
A planner for the ever so desired life of order,
A pad to scribble things which make life chaotic and funner,
Giving in to an innocuous fad, or falling into a quagmire trap,
Something I never thought I would do,
Something I always knew I would do,
Here goes my blog...