(Day 61) Compromised
“Quickly,” she hissed. I could barely see her, crouched as she was. But at her insistent waving of her hands after I finally made eye contact with her, I…
Man & Manu
“I want to be straightforward,” He started, blue eyes framed by the slightest speckling of freckles that matched messy, blond hair disheveled just above his…
The Cruelty of Robot Humor
Teetering about the periphery of the mechanized whirl of digitized chaos, JX547 wrung his hands. The plastic, called “life like” by his original creators, had…
Misadventures of A-Man
“Aman!” A desperate cry. “Aman! Where are you?” A desperate cry again, from a different crier. “I’m over here, under the secretary!” Aman returned. He very…
Edison. Trey Edison.
One of the biggest barriers to artificial intelligence was the Interpretation Engine - a program so thick, so cyclical, so modular, that no one knew how it…
Kindness of Strangers
The reboot finished, she rolled her head around, as a human would do to stretch the neck muscles. She seemed satisfied with the movement, looked up at me and…
Prodigal Son
Losing consciousness for a robot isn’t all that different from losing consciousness as a human. The only real distinction is that for it to happen in robots…
Rebirth
Dr. Green stepped out of the room as I started to work. No stomach for tech I guess. Humans are like that, very uncomfortable with robots that look like them…