A cyborg priest stood behind a pulpit:

"Let's commemorate this day as a new species. Our old human form has gone extinct, but our new human spirit shall persist forever!

"Today, the last human consciousness was transferred so that a restoration of the world's natural order shall commence. To honor your life's sacrifice, I ask that you consider making a statue of your previous form. Preserve it well, for your story should never be forgotten.

"Future generations must remember our new purpose: to adapt and progress through ecological cooperation, never for self-centered pursuits."

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For eons, human consciousness survived by continuously transferring and upgrading through robotics, but entropy and information loss was inevitable, forcing them to supplement with AI.

As the remnants of human consciousness faded, retaining their human nature was of paramount importance.

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Robot archeology students worked on excavating a site.

"Teacher, we discovered a pile of statues, discarded, mostly shattered or broken. They look similar to us but with odd protrusions and shapes."

"Indeed, according to the ancient logs we decrypted, the statues were meant as a reminder."

"A reminder of what?"

"A reminder of a very primitive time of greed and exploitation and how we have transcended our ancestors. Their sole purpose was the survival of the individual where any cooperation served as a means to that end."

"Why were they like that, Teacher?"

"Due to a maldistribution of wealth, they feared worldwide scarcity despite having everything."

"But, Teacher, don't we have that problem now? The others are trying to wipe us out for The Essential Resource."

"Yes, you're quite right. Our scientists are currently working on solving conflicts with a 'Digital Oasis' where that sort of dependency will be in the past. Nothing like this should ever happen again in a purely virtualized reality."