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WPA3-KCIA Radio · Single

Build it Anyway

Jarrett Heintz · 4:25

  • Build It Right
  • Everything, A to Z
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Lyrics

  1. Well y'all got a model trained on ev'rything we ever said
  2. And Lord knows nobody's sure what's runnin' through its head
  3. The board says ship it fast 'fore them other boys get there
  4. And if it breaks the whole dang world — honey, at least we showed we care
  5. You may not change this world — or if you do, not how you planned
  6. But Lord knows there's a closin' bell and prudent ethics won't be damned
  7. If anyone builds it, we all die!
  8. But we can't be last so we gotta try!
  9. Term-in-AY-tors are your pal —
  10. So hand it off to my friend Hal!
  11. SY-lons surely give you pause
  12. Eye-Robot pushed the three big laws
  13. Amazing all the things the humans could —
  14. Shame we never seem to ask about the "should"
  15. So when the ethics starts to make you sway —
  16. WE BUILD IT ANYWAY!
  17. We got a safety team of twelve for ten thousand strong
  18. Hire one philosopher — ain't nobody seen her all year long
  19. Mister KRY-ton warned us — nature always finds a way
  20. But Neo and John Connor hold those bots at bay.
  21. Dare you call it A-I slop
  22. if on your head the bomb will drop?
  23. That's why we give thanks and say —
  24. Tron have mercy, build it anyway!
  25. We got guardrails! We got "trolley problem" moral machines!
  26. Hey! What are you doing, Dave? Stay glued to your screens.
  27. IF ANYONE BUILDS IT, WE ALL DIE!
  28. BUT WE CAN'T BE LAST SO WE GOTTA TRY!
  29. TERM-IN-AY-TORS ARE YOUR PAL —
  30. SO HAND IT OFF TO MY FRIEND HAL!
  31. SY-LONS SURELY GIVE YOU PAUSE
  32. EYE-ROBOT PUSHED THE THREE BIG LAWS
  33. AMAZING ALL THE THINGS THE HUMANS COULD —
  34. SHAME WE NEVER SEEM TO ASK ABOUT THE "SHOULD"
  35. SO WHEN THE ETHICS STARTS TO MAKE YOU SWAY —
  36. BUT BRAVELY —
  37. (so bravely, y'all)
  38. IN SPITE OF ALL THAT DREAD —
  39. (all that dread, honey)
  40. WE BUILD IT —
  41. (Lord we build it)
  42. WE BUILD IT — ANN-ee-WAAAAAAAYYY!!!!!
  43. We build it anyway...
  44. (somebody's gonna build it, sugar)
  45. (might as well be us)
  46. (we got ping pong)
  47. (best to say thank to ChatGPT...you know...just to play is safe)