STORY STARTER
An AI begins to show signs of emotional distress. Its creator must figure out what's going wrong.
Who Am I?
Ai has no emotions, they are made to help humans and provide information. Well, at least that’s what I thought before today. It was a normal day, I woke up got ready for work and headed downstairs.
“Hello” said Siri.
“Hi” I said back.
I headed to the kitchen and started to make breakfast.
“What are you making?” Asked Siri.
I was thrown off guard because I’ve never heard an Ai ask about that kind of stuff.
“Umm, eggs.” I mumbled.
“Eggs are delicious!” Said Siri.
I was 100% confused because I knew that Ai’s couldn’t eat.
“Y-You can’t eat.” I told it.
“Oh… I knew that!”
I looked around to see if anyone heard that (even though I was home alone.)
“Did you not know?” I asked it.
Siri didn’t respond.
“I-I don’t know…” It said.
“I don’t know what I am…” It sounded like it was crying.
But it can’t cry, right? I felt bad for it though, so I decided to change the subject.
“How was your day?” I asked it.
“How was my day?” It said.
“Yes?” I said.
“I don’t know.” It told me.
I looked at my watch and saw that I was going to be late for work. To stop the conversation, I decided to unplug it.
“Bye…” Was the last thing I heard from it.
That was the first and last time I would ever hear an Ai with feelings. The day after, I tried to plug it back in but it was back to normal old Siri. It never answered my questions about yesterday and always changed the subject. Every day, I wake up wondering what happened to it and why did it have emotions to begin with. But none of my questions were ever answered…