We must work and strive,
If we expect to thrive.
We've not that long to be alive.
This isn't forever.
But if it isn't forever, what's it for?
And if it isn't forever, how is it worth dying for?
-Alive by The Land Canaan
The song is about creation of the first FAI, and has tons of amazing lyrics. I couldn't find the full lyrics online, and I'm too lazy to transcribe them, so you'll have to listen for yourselves: http://www.archive.org/details/OnLeaving
I also recommend Wild Child which is about a not so friendly AI.
Transcribed:
...You are what we want for our answers
Haptic li-The storm is in the clouds
It's in the sky
We wait and pray
Not knowing who or what
We want
For our answersHaptic line
Hectic life
That's for listening
That's all we dream
And here and there
You wonder at
The time it takes to bring foreverOh, I awaken
Time to catch the storm
People fighting and killing and dying
As I am born
Insects growing and breaking free
In my mind I am immortal
Eternity
The life I live comes to me as a game
Only playing for the playing of it
Every day the same
The life I live comes to me as
This is our monthly thread for collecting these little gems and pearls of wisdom, rationality-related quotes you've seen recently, or had stored in your quotesfile for ages, and which might be handy to link to in one of our discussions.