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Re:AI Could Defeat All of Us Combined by hn_version_0023 on Friday June 10, 2022 @07:18PM (#31700411)
Off topic, but perhaps likely to find the answer here… there’s a short story about an AI that continually asks for more input from humanity, and humans oblige, devoting more and more resources to the AI until finally, it has enough input, and disappears leaving humans helpless and without what has become their one true god.

I’d love to know if anyone has read this; I don’t recall where I did… perhaps on old copy of Analog? If this rings any bells I’d be grateful for a title and author.

Thank you kindly :)

Re:AI Could Defeat All of Us Combined by smashers1114 on Friday June 10, 2022 @08:11PM (#31700728)
Sounds kinda like "The Last Question" by Asimov, but not quite. I might have thought about it partly because of the anecdote about it being hard to remember. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Question#History
Re:AI Could Defeat All of Us Combined by hn_version_0023 on Friday June 10, 2022 @09:49PM (#31701236)
Its quite similar, I agree! Unfortunately not the same story. I appreciate it nonetheless!