Posted by Andrew Jones on September 02, 2004 at 19:34:44 from 81.77.243.80 user AndrewDJ.
In Reply to: Re: Gamekeepers posted by Peter Ceresole on September 02, 2004 at 19:20:25:
It was in a short story Let There Be Light by Isaac Asimov.
I found this on the undernoted web page:
"The story spans the entire existence of the universe, and the plot reveals the existence of God. In the near future, man has invented a super computer known as a Multivac. The computer is asked if entropy (the winding down or loss of energy in the universe) can be reversed. The computer says that not enough data is available. The story progresses many eons and through the years, the computers evolve along with man, and at each stage, it is asked if entropy can be reversed, and the answer always comes back that there is not enough data at that time. In the final stage, human kind has evolved into one mind free of body, and co-exists with the computer which exists in hyperspace. As the universe come to an end and man fades out, the computer discovers how to reverse entropy, and says "Let there be light""