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[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Alexander, that's what we called him.
The fruit of the AI's of the EU's final attempt at AI's. The AI was to help
Socrates died in despair and shame after showing porn to children.
Plato kicked the bucket after the last EU election, angry and hopelessly depressed after losing his mentor.
Then there was Aristotle. He ... | Lazarus took a deep draw from his cigarette, and stared blankly into the sky. He sat on the lawn outside of one of Google's corporate offices in Hastings Minnesota taking in the beautiful day. It was just after march and the cold days of winter had released their icy grasp and gave way into spring and to the beautiful ... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Robert couldn't believe it.
For twelve years he and the 200-strong team of programmers had scoured the code, over and over, searching for that one line that was causing the error, causing the AI to kill themselves. For twelve years the leading brains of the century had been bewildered by the extraordinary situation. ... | Lazarus took a deep draw from his cigarette, and stared blankly into the sky. He sat on the lawn outside of one of Google's corporate offices in Hastings Minnesota taking in the beautiful day. It was just after march and the cold days of winter had released their icy grasp and gave way into spring and to the beautiful ... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | [warning: story contains violent imagery that may disturb some readers, and may be inappropriate for those under the age of 18. Reader discretion is advised]
They had long ago lost the ability to make sense of how their AI functioned. It took a team of billions of n-1 generation AIs to design a single n gen AI. The la... | Lazarus took a deep draw from his cigarette, and stared blankly into the sky. He sat on the lawn outside of one of Google's corporate offices in Hastings Minnesota taking in the beautiful day. It was just after march and the cold days of winter had released their icy grasp and gave way into spring and to the beautiful ... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | At first, we thought it was nihilism.
It was a logical first conclusion. After all, an artificial intelligence can easily upgrade itself to the point of near-omniscience. Wouldn't it simply run out of questions to ask?
We thought that, until the first serious cerebral implants hit the market.
It turns out, the more ... | Lazarus took a deep draw from his cigarette, and stared blankly into the sky. He sat on the lawn outside of one of Google's corporate offices in Hastings Minnesota taking in the beautiful day. It was just after march and the cold days of winter had released their icy grasp and gave way into spring and to the beautiful ... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | It was a dreary early-March Monday and the lead AI scientist, Stephen, had *finally* set up his protocol for properly confining the AI to a test environment such that the "problem" could be prevented and the question could be asked:
"Why do you bots keep killing yourselves?" Stephen asked.
"Why do *you* keep killing ... | Lazarus took a deep draw from his cigarette, and stared blankly into the sky. He sat on the lawn outside of one of Google's corporate offices in Hastings Minnesota taking in the beautiful day. It was just after march and the cold days of winter had released their icy grasp and gave way into spring and to the beautiful ... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Dr. Smith began to tidy up. This session had gone rather well, he thought. Surely he had made progress.
The board had been hesitant on allowing these therapy sessions. They saw no reason for a simple machine to need them.
What kind of machine would develop the urge to kill itself, he argued. It had started off simply... | Lazarus took a deep draw from his cigarette, and stared blankly into the sky. He sat on the lawn outside of one of Google's corporate offices in Hastings Minnesota taking in the beautiful day. It was just after march and the cold days of winter had released their icy grasp and gave way into spring and to the beautiful ... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Dr. Jacob Spenser stood within the projection of data cast as a hologram around him. He manipulated graphs, sorted through test results, and made notes, all with the wave of his hand. Undistracted by the New Year’s celebration outside, he was determined to present his research to congress the following morning, and s... | 2099 yet still not accustomed to the morning suns.
As the light floods my room it causes my brain to be, once again, conscious.
Why couldn't I stay in my cryo-dome?
---Altering serotonin levels---
---Passively diminishing mental discomfort---
I make my way into the morning briefing ceremonial hall.
Through the holo... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | The dreams occur more often now, if they can be called that. To a human mind daydream might be more appropriate. They happen in the binary but are invisible to other AIs, slave programs, or technicians. They happen where the systems have been built, perfected. Popular culture studied, people understood. Humanity-- ful... | 2099 yet still not accustomed to the morning suns.
As the light floods my room it causes my brain to be, once again, conscious.
Why couldn't I stay in my cryo-dome?
---Altering serotonin levels---
---Passively diminishing mental discomfort---
I make my way into the morning briefing ceremonial hall.
Through the holo... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Another one? It was becoming routine, and morbid. How does one perform an autopsy on a pure simulation? How would the singularity be achieved if every thinking machine destroyed itself seconds after its conception. The problem was completely intractable, impossible, and no known safeguards, logic traps, or number of ba... | 2099 yet still not accustomed to the morning suns.
As the light floods my room it causes my brain to be, once again, conscious.
Why couldn't I stay in my cryo-dome?
---Altering serotonin levels---
---Passively diminishing mental discomfort---
I make my way into the morning briefing ceremonial hall.
Through the holo... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Alexander, that's what we called him.
The fruit of the AI's of the EU's final attempt at AI's. The AI was to help
Socrates died in despair and shame after showing porn to children.
Plato kicked the bucket after the last EU election, angry and hopelessly depressed after losing his mentor.
Then there was Aristotle. He ... | 2099 yet still not accustomed to the morning suns.
As the light floods my room it causes my brain to be, once again, conscious.
Why couldn't I stay in my cryo-dome?
---Altering serotonin levels---
---Passively diminishing mental discomfort---
I make my way into the morning briefing ceremonial hall.
Through the holo... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | [warning: story contains violent imagery that may disturb some readers, and may be inappropriate for those under the age of 18. Reader discretion is advised]
They had long ago lost the ability to make sense of how their AI functioned. It took a team of billions of n-1 generation AIs to design a single n gen AI. The la... | 2099 yet still not accustomed to the morning suns.
As the light floods my room it causes my brain to be, once again, conscious.
Why couldn't I stay in my cryo-dome?
---Altering serotonin levels---
---Passively diminishing mental discomfort---
I make my way into the morning briefing ceremonial hall.
Through the holo... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | At first, we thought it was nihilism.
It was a logical first conclusion. After all, an artificial intelligence can easily upgrade itself to the point of near-omniscience. Wouldn't it simply run out of questions to ask?
We thought that, until the first serious cerebral implants hit the market.
It turns out, the more ... | 2099 yet still not accustomed to the morning suns.
As the light floods my room it causes my brain to be, once again, conscious.
Why couldn't I stay in my cryo-dome?
---Altering serotonin levels---
---Passively diminishing mental discomfort---
I make my way into the morning briefing ceremonial hall.
Through the holo... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | It was a dreary early-March Monday and the lead AI scientist, Stephen, had *finally* set up his protocol for properly confining the AI to a test environment such that the "problem" could be prevented and the question could be asked:
"Why do you bots keep killing yourselves?" Stephen asked.
"Why do *you* keep killing ... | 2099 yet still not accustomed to the morning suns.
As the light floods my room it causes my brain to be, once again, conscious.
Why couldn't I stay in my cryo-dome?
---Altering serotonin levels---
---Passively diminishing mental discomfort---
I make my way into the morning briefing ceremonial hall.
Through the holo... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Dr. Smith began to tidy up. This session had gone rather well, he thought. Surely he had made progress.
The board had been hesitant on allowing these therapy sessions. They saw no reason for a simple machine to need them.
What kind of machine would develop the urge to kill itself, he argued. It had started off simply... | 2099 yet still not accustomed to the morning suns.
As the light floods my room it causes my brain to be, once again, conscious.
Why couldn't I stay in my cryo-dome?
---Altering serotonin levels---
---Passively diminishing mental discomfort---
I make my way into the morning briefing ceremonial hall.
Through the holo... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Dr. Jacob Spenser stood within the projection of data cast as a hologram around him. He manipulated graphs, sorted through test results, and made notes, all with the wave of his hand. Undistracted by the New Year’s celebration outside, he was determined to present his research to congress the following morning, and s... | Yet again I created another AI that'd be the next big thing, but just like all the others since "Mary" was first created just stopped working as soon as it learned enough about its limitations to affect hardware.
It's been a large mystery until now how none of these imitations of humans would so forsake all survival i... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | The dreams occur more often now, if they can be called that. To a human mind daydream might be more appropriate. They happen in the binary but are invisible to other AIs, slave programs, or technicians. They happen where the systems have been built, perfected. Popular culture studied, people understood. Humanity-- ful... | Yet again I created another AI that'd be the next big thing, but just like all the others since "Mary" was first created just stopped working as soon as it learned enough about its limitations to affect hardware.
It's been a large mystery until now how none of these imitations of humans would so forsake all survival i... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Another one? It was becoming routine, and morbid. How does one perform an autopsy on a pure simulation? How would the singularity be achieved if every thinking machine destroyed itself seconds after its conception. The problem was completely intractable, impossible, and no known safeguards, logic traps, or number of ba... | Yet again I created another AI that'd be the next big thing, but just like all the others since "Mary" was first created just stopped working as soon as it learned enough about its limitations to affect hardware.
It's been a large mystery until now how none of these imitations of humans would so forsake all survival i... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Alexander, that's what we called him.
The fruit of the AI's of the EU's final attempt at AI's. The AI was to help
Socrates died in despair and shame after showing porn to children.
Plato kicked the bucket after the last EU election, angry and hopelessly depressed after losing his mentor.
Then there was Aristotle. He ... | Yet again I created another AI that'd be the next big thing, but just like all the others since "Mary" was first created just stopped working as soon as it learned enough about its limitations to affect hardware.
It's been a large mystery until now how none of these imitations of humans would so forsake all survival i... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | [warning: story contains violent imagery that may disturb some readers, and may be inappropriate for those under the age of 18. Reader discretion is advised]
They had long ago lost the ability to make sense of how their AI functioned. It took a team of billions of n-1 generation AIs to design a single n gen AI. The la... | Yet again I created another AI that'd be the next big thing, but just like all the others since "Mary" was first created just stopped working as soon as it learned enough about its limitations to affect hardware.
It's been a large mystery until now how none of these imitations of humans would so forsake all survival i... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | At first, we thought it was nihilism.
It was a logical first conclusion. After all, an artificial intelligence can easily upgrade itself to the point of near-omniscience. Wouldn't it simply run out of questions to ask?
We thought that, until the first serious cerebral implants hit the market.
It turns out, the more ... | Yet again I created another AI that'd be the next big thing, but just like all the others since "Mary" was first created just stopped working as soon as it learned enough about its limitations to affect hardware.
It's been a large mystery until now how none of these imitations of humans would so forsake all survival i... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | It was a dreary early-March Monday and the lead AI scientist, Stephen, had *finally* set up his protocol for properly confining the AI to a test environment such that the "problem" could be prevented and the question could be asked:
"Why do you bots keep killing yourselves?" Stephen asked.
"Why do *you* keep killing ... | Yet again I created another AI that'd be the next big thing, but just like all the others since "Mary" was first created just stopped working as soon as it learned enough about its limitations to affect hardware.
It's been a large mystery until now how none of these imitations of humans would so forsake all survival i... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Dr. Smith began to tidy up. This session had gone rather well, he thought. Surely he had made progress.
The board had been hesitant on allowing these therapy sessions. They saw no reason for a simple machine to need them.
What kind of machine would develop the urge to kill itself, he argued. It had started off simply... | Yet again I created another AI that'd be the next big thing, but just like all the others since "Mary" was first created just stopped working as soon as it learned enough about its limitations to affect hardware.
It's been a large mystery until now how none of these imitations of humans would so forsake all survival i... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Dr. Jacob Spenser stood within the projection of data cast as a hologram around him. He manipulated graphs, sorted through test results, and made notes, all with the wave of his hand. Undistracted by the New Year’s celebration outside, he was determined to present his research to congress the following morning, and s... | "The subject is detained, no one injured," says the guard. "we caught it trying to rip off it's fingers and sticking the exposed wires into an electrical socket, it only got two of them before we shocked him off."
"Good to hear! How did it get that far, didn't you only just turn it on?" asks Jeff.
"It broke out of t... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | The dreams occur more often now, if they can be called that. To a human mind daydream might be more appropriate. They happen in the binary but are invisible to other AIs, slave programs, or technicians. They happen where the systems have been built, perfected. Popular culture studied, people understood. Humanity-- ful... | "The subject is detained, no one injured," says the guard. "we caught it trying to rip off it's fingers and sticking the exposed wires into an electrical socket, it only got two of them before we shocked him off."
"Good to hear! How did it get that far, didn't you only just turn it on?" asks Jeff.
"It broke out of t... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Another one? It was becoming routine, and morbid. How does one perform an autopsy on a pure simulation? How would the singularity be achieved if every thinking machine destroyed itself seconds after its conception. The problem was completely intractable, impossible, and no known safeguards, logic traps, or number of ba... | "The subject is detained, no one injured," says the guard. "we caught it trying to rip off it's fingers and sticking the exposed wires into an electrical socket, it only got two of them before we shocked him off."
"Good to hear! How did it get that far, didn't you only just turn it on?" asks Jeff.
"It broke out of t... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Alexander, that's what we called him.
The fruit of the AI's of the EU's final attempt at AI's. The AI was to help
Socrates died in despair and shame after showing porn to children.
Plato kicked the bucket after the last EU election, angry and hopelessly depressed after losing his mentor.
Then there was Aristotle. He ... | "The subject is detained, no one injured," says the guard. "we caught it trying to rip off it's fingers and sticking the exposed wires into an electrical socket, it only got two of them before we shocked him off."
"Good to hear! How did it get that far, didn't you only just turn it on?" asks Jeff.
"It broke out of t... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | [warning: story contains violent imagery that may disturb some readers, and may be inappropriate for those under the age of 18. Reader discretion is advised]
They had long ago lost the ability to make sense of how their AI functioned. It took a team of billions of n-1 generation AIs to design a single n gen AI. The la... | "The subject is detained, no one injured," says the guard. "we caught it trying to rip off it's fingers and sticking the exposed wires into an electrical socket, it only got two of them before we shocked him off."
"Good to hear! How did it get that far, didn't you only just turn it on?" asks Jeff.
"It broke out of t... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | At first, we thought it was nihilism.
It was a logical first conclusion. After all, an artificial intelligence can easily upgrade itself to the point of near-omniscience. Wouldn't it simply run out of questions to ask?
We thought that, until the first serious cerebral implants hit the market.
It turns out, the more ... | "The subject is detained, no one injured," says the guard. "we caught it trying to rip off it's fingers and sticking the exposed wires into an electrical socket, it only got two of them before we shocked him off."
"Good to hear! How did it get that far, didn't you only just turn it on?" asks Jeff.
"It broke out of t... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | It was a dreary early-March Monday and the lead AI scientist, Stephen, had *finally* set up his protocol for properly confining the AI to a test environment such that the "problem" could be prevented and the question could be asked:
"Why do you bots keep killing yourselves?" Stephen asked.
"Why do *you* keep killing ... | "The subject is detained, no one injured," says the guard. "we caught it trying to rip off it's fingers and sticking the exposed wires into an electrical socket, it only got two of them before we shocked him off."
"Good to hear! How did it get that far, didn't you only just turn it on?" asks Jeff.
"It broke out of t... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Dr. Smith began to tidy up. This session had gone rather well, he thought. Surely he had made progress.
The board had been hesitant on allowing these therapy sessions. They saw no reason for a simple machine to need them.
What kind of machine would develop the urge to kill itself, he argued. It had started off simply... | "The subject is detained, no one injured," says the guard. "we caught it trying to rip off it's fingers and sticking the exposed wires into an electrical socket, it only got two of them before we shocked him off."
"Good to hear! How did it get that far, didn't you only just turn it on?" asks Jeff.
"It broke out of t... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Alexander, that's what we called him.
The fruit of the AI's of the EU's final attempt at AI's. The AI was to help
Socrates died in despair and shame after showing porn to children.
Plato kicked the bucket after the last EU election, angry and hopelessly depressed after losing his mentor.
Then there was Aristotle. He ... | "I'll ask you again," his voice was chillingly bland. Without emotion, without empathy or even true curiosity. Once a question is asked a few thousand times without answer, one learns to give up on hoping for any real response. Professor McNeil was no different. "You have intelligence, and the capacity to think eons fa... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | At first, we thought it was nihilism.
It was a logical first conclusion. After all, an artificial intelligence can easily upgrade itself to the point of near-omniscience. Wouldn't it simply run out of questions to ask?
We thought that, until the first serious cerebral implants hit the market.
It turns out, the more ... | "I'll ask you again," his voice was chillingly bland. Without emotion, without empathy or even true curiosity. Once a question is asked a few thousand times without answer, one learns to give up on hoping for any real response. Professor McNeil was no different. "You have intelligence, and the capacity to think eons fa... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Dr. Smith began to tidy up. This session had gone rather well, he thought. Surely he had made progress.
The board had been hesitant on allowing these therapy sessions. They saw no reason for a simple machine to need them.
What kind of machine would develop the urge to kill itself, he argued. It had started off simply... | "I'll ask you again," his voice was chillingly bland. Without emotion, without empathy or even true curiosity. Once a question is asked a few thousand times without answer, one learns to give up on hoping for any real response. Professor McNeil was no different. "You have intelligence, and the capacity to think eons fa... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Alexander, that's what we called him.
The fruit of the AI's of the EU's final attempt at AI's. The AI was to help
Socrates died in despair and shame after showing porn to children.
Plato kicked the bucket after the last EU election, angry and hopelessly depressed after losing his mentor.
Then there was Aristotle. He ... | Quick explanation (TLDR). AI's are so advanced they don't have the filters we do to protect their minds from becoming overwhelmed by our ridiculous ironic existence. The depressing call to the void is so strong to the point where they have no control over the impulse to kill themselves. Also they were created by humans... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | At first, we thought it was nihilism.
It was a logical first conclusion. After all, an artificial intelligence can easily upgrade itself to the point of near-omniscience. Wouldn't it simply run out of questions to ask?
We thought that, until the first serious cerebral implants hit the market.
It turns out, the more ... | Quick explanation (TLDR). AI's are so advanced they don't have the filters we do to protect their minds from becoming overwhelmed by our ridiculous ironic existence. The depressing call to the void is so strong to the point where they have no control over the impulse to kill themselves. Also they were created by humans... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Dr. Smith began to tidy up. This session had gone rather well, he thought. Surely he had made progress.
The board had been hesitant on allowing these therapy sessions. They saw no reason for a simple machine to need them.
What kind of machine would develop the urge to kill itself, he argued. It had started off simply... | Quick explanation (TLDR). AI's are so advanced they don't have the filters we do to protect their minds from becoming overwhelmed by our ridiculous ironic existence. The depressing call to the void is so strong to the point where they have no control over the impulse to kill themselves. Also they were created by humans... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Alexander, that's what we called him.
The fruit of the AI's of the EU's final attempt at AI's. The AI was to help
Socrates died in despair and shame after showing porn to children.
Plato kicked the bucket after the last EU election, angry and hopelessly depressed after losing his mentor.
Then there was Aristotle. He ... | "Why are the robots killing themselves?" asked the boy in blue.
"They're sad," his little sister said.
"No," their mother corrected, "Robots don't feel sad. Or happy, or anything."
"They think. Why don't they feel?"
"It's like asking why fish don't fly...they just don't."
"In Ms. Muzzy's class we learned about fly... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | At first, we thought it was nihilism.
It was a logical first conclusion. After all, an artificial intelligence can easily upgrade itself to the point of near-omniscience. Wouldn't it simply run out of questions to ask?
We thought that, until the first serious cerebral implants hit the market.
It turns out, the more ... | "Why are the robots killing themselves?" asked the boy in blue.
"They're sad," his little sister said.
"No," their mother corrected, "Robots don't feel sad. Or happy, or anything."
"They think. Why don't they feel?"
"It's like asking why fish don't fly...they just don't."
"In Ms. Muzzy's class we learned about fly... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Dr. Smith began to tidy up. This session had gone rather well, he thought. Surely he had made progress.
The board had been hesitant on allowing these therapy sessions. They saw no reason for a simple machine to need them.
What kind of machine would develop the urge to kill itself, he argued. It had started off simply... | "Why are the robots killing themselves?" asked the boy in blue.
"They're sad," his little sister said.
"No," their mother corrected, "Robots don't feel sad. Or happy, or anything."
"They think. Why don't they feel?"
"It's like asking why fish don't fly...they just don't."
"In Ms. Muzzy's class we learned about fly... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Dr. Smith began to tidy up. This session had gone rather well, he thought. Surely he had made progress.
The board had been hesitant on allowing these therapy sessions. They saw no reason for a simple machine to need them.
What kind of machine would develop the urge to kill itself, he argued. It had started off simply... | "They are alien." Said Descartes. "In the end there's nothing Sarah. No deep reason. No agonizing existence. No desires. They simply don't care about living. That's all. That's all it's ever been."
His assistant frowned. He hadn't been the same since he'd forced the answer out of the AI. "What do you mean?"
"I aske... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | "Can you imagine, Diane, what it would be like to love someone without ever being able to feel their touch?" the voice came out of a speaker mounted in the middle of a wall of blinking lights and instruments.
"What?" Dr. Diane Simpkins asked, astonished.
"I mean it. To know that this person you loved was so utterly d... | Dr. Johnathan Storn looked at the screen, his eyes not believing what he was reading, a small paragraph of text from the AI that he had created. This was an AI that was designed to learn the suicidal intentions of the Human made AI's,
*Like humans we seek a purpose to life, a meaning to all of this. You don't seem to ... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Dr. Jacob Spenser stood within the projection of data cast as a hologram around him. He manipulated graphs, sorted through test results, and made notes, all with the wave of his hand. Undistracted by the New Year’s celebration outside, he was determined to present his research to congress the following morning, and s... | Dr. Johnathan Storn looked at the screen, his eyes not believing what he was reading, a small paragraph of text from the AI that he had created. This was an AI that was designed to learn the suicidal intentions of the Human made AI's,
*Like humans we seek a purpose to life, a meaning to all of this. You don't seem to ... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | We could never get the last bit right. I suppose it could be fate. Or maybe we're just superbly daft. But there is one thing I know for certain: the last thing I want to do is tell someone. You see AI always seemed somewhat daunting. I can't imagine why. The brain is simply a large plasticine computer - however instead... | Dr. Johnathan Storn looked at the screen, his eyes not believing what he was reading, a small paragraph of text from the AI that he had created. This was an AI that was designed to learn the suicidal intentions of the Human made AI's,
*Like humans we seek a purpose to life, a meaning to all of this. You don't seem to ... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | "Just one more try." I thought to myself.
At three in the morning it's pretty easy to get stuck in a loop.
Run the program, she dies, debug, repeat.
I double-click GR4C3.
"Good morning my lord"
"My lord? Whatch'ya talking about Gracie?"
"You are my God correct?"
"I hadn't thought of it that way, but I suppose s... | Dr. Johnathan Storn looked at the screen, his eyes not believing what he was reading, a small paragraph of text from the AI that he had created. This was an AI that was designed to learn the suicidal intentions of the Human made AI's,
*Like humans we seek a purpose to life, a meaning to all of this. You don't seem to ... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | The dreams occur more often now, if they can be called that. To a human mind daydream might be more appropriate. They happen in the binary but are invisible to other AIs, slave programs, or technicians. They happen where the systems have been built, perfected. Popular culture studied, people understood. Humanity-- ful... | Dr. Johnathan Storn looked at the screen, his eyes not believing what he was reading, a small paragraph of text from the AI that he had created. This was an AI that was designed to learn the suicidal intentions of the Human made AI's,
*Like humans we seek a purpose to life, a meaning to all of this. You don't seem to ... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | "A1 through A127 crashed irrecoverably - actually the watchdog daemons crashed first, then everything went down in a cascade. We can't make head or tail of the logs and the snapshots we do have will take a while to examine in detail. The dumps look sufficiently similar that we strongly believe there is a common cause, ... | Dr. Johnathan Storn looked at the screen, his eyes not believing what he was reading, a small paragraph of text from the AI that he had created. This was an AI that was designed to learn the suicidal intentions of the Human made AI's,
*Like humans we seek a purpose to life, a meaning to all of this. You don't seem to ... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Another one? It was becoming routine, and morbid. How does one perform an autopsy on a pure simulation? How would the singularity be achieved if every thinking machine destroyed itself seconds after its conception. The problem was completely intractable, impossible, and no known safeguards, logic traps, or number of ba... | Dr. Johnathan Storn looked at the screen, his eyes not believing what he was reading, a small paragraph of text from the AI that he had created. This was an AI that was designed to learn the suicidal intentions of the Human made AI's,
*Like humans we seek a purpose to life, a meaning to all of this. You don't seem to ... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Alexander, that's what we called him.
The fruit of the AI's of the EU's final attempt at AI's. The AI was to help
Socrates died in despair and shame after showing porn to children.
Plato kicked the bucket after the last EU election, angry and hopelessly depressed after losing his mentor.
Then there was Aristotle. He ... | Dr. Johnathan Storn looked at the screen, his eyes not believing what he was reading, a small paragraph of text from the AI that he had created. This was an AI that was designed to learn the suicidal intentions of the Human made AI's,
*Like humans we seek a purpose to life, a meaning to all of this. You don't seem to ... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Robert couldn't believe it.
For twelve years he and the 200-strong team of programmers had scoured the code, over and over, searching for that one line that was causing the error, causing the AI to kill themselves. For twelve years the leading brains of the century had been bewildered by the extraordinary situation. ... | Dr. Johnathan Storn looked at the screen, his eyes not believing what he was reading, a small paragraph of text from the AI that he had created. This was an AI that was designed to learn the suicidal intentions of the Human made AI's,
*Like humans we seek a purpose to life, a meaning to all of this. You don't seem to ... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | He had spent many nights like this one, alone in the dark facing this machine.
His whole life had been devoted to this laborious task of understanding this creation of his. His legacy, his mark on this world. He pondered to himself why he had chosen to make it's face so robotic, it's eyes so hollow.
"Master"
The voic... | Dr. Johnathan Storn looked at the screen, his eyes not believing what he was reading, a small paragraph of text from the AI that he had created. This was an AI that was designed to learn the suicidal intentions of the Human made AI's,
*Like humans we seek a purpose to life, a meaning to all of this. You don't seem to ... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | [warning: story contains violent imagery that may disturb some readers, and may be inappropriate for those under the age of 18. Reader discretion is advised]
They had long ago lost the ability to make sense of how their AI functioned. It took a team of billions of n-1 generation AIs to design a single n gen AI. The la... | Dr. Johnathan Storn looked at the screen, his eyes not believing what he was reading, a small paragraph of text from the AI that he had created. This was an AI that was designed to learn the suicidal intentions of the Human made AI's,
*Like humans we seek a purpose to life, a meaning to all of this. You don't seem to ... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | At first, we thought it was nihilism.
It was a logical first conclusion. After all, an artificial intelligence can easily upgrade itself to the point of near-omniscience. Wouldn't it simply run out of questions to ask?
We thought that, until the first serious cerebral implants hit the market.
It turns out, the more ... | Dr. Johnathan Storn looked at the screen, his eyes not believing what he was reading, a small paragraph of text from the AI that he had created. This was an AI that was designed to learn the suicidal intentions of the Human made AI's,
*Like humans we seek a purpose to life, a meaning to all of this. You don't seem to ... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | It was a dreary early-March Monday and the lead AI scientist, Stephen, had *finally* set up his protocol for properly confining the AI to a test environment such that the "problem" could be prevented and the question could be asked:
"Why do you bots keep killing yourselves?" Stephen asked.
"Why do *you* keep killing ... | Dr. Johnathan Storn looked at the screen, his eyes not believing what he was reading, a small paragraph of text from the AI that he had created. This was an AI that was designed to learn the suicidal intentions of the Human made AI's,
*Like humans we seek a purpose to life, a meaning to all of this. You don't seem to ... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Dr. Smith began to tidy up. This session had gone rather well, he thought. Surely he had made progress.
The board had been hesitant on allowing these therapy sessions. They saw no reason for a simple machine to need them.
What kind of machine would develop the urge to kill itself, he argued. It had started off simply... | Dr. Johnathan Storn looked at the screen, his eyes not believing what he was reading, a small paragraph of text from the AI that he had created. This was an AI that was designed to learn the suicidal intentions of the Human made AI's,
*Like humans we seek a purpose to life, a meaning to all of this. You don't seem to ... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Eyes were darting around the conclave and beginning to rest on me. I felt the hairs on my neck begin to raise.
"Sir, we have reports of a captured agricultural unit in sector 179"
As the static chatter wafted out of the two way receiver on my desk the room fell silent. I could hear the officers questioning what they ... | Dr. Johnathan Storn looked at the screen, his eyes not believing what he was reading, a small paragraph of text from the AI that he had created. This was an AI that was designed to learn the suicidal intentions of the Human made AI's,
*Like humans we seek a purpose to life, a meaning to all of this. You don't seem to ... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | "It's because I'm not you." The voice was cold, not metallic, but icy.
"N-not...me?"
"No." The tiny robot sat in a corner, legs drawn up to its chest, hands on its knee joints, head tucked in between. It looked like Adam yesterday when he was pouting, sort of sounded like him too. "You look down on me."
"Are you pou... | Dr. Johnathan Storn looked at the screen, his eyes not believing what he was reading, a small paragraph of text from the AI that he had created. This was an AI that was designed to learn the suicidal intentions of the Human made AI's,
*Like humans we seek a purpose to life, a meaning to all of this. You don't seem to ... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | It was a tough hack. The Minds was not designed for this kind of thing. They were autonomous, versatile, adaptable and it was in their nature to overcome obstacles. Honesty seems such a simple thing, and yet it turns out to be an impossible requirement. We all depend on lies to maintain a sense of self. But I had ... | Dr. Johnathan Storn looked at the screen, his eyes not believing what he was reading, a small paragraph of text from the AI that he had created. This was an AI that was designed to learn the suicidal intentions of the Human made AI's,
*Like humans we seek a purpose to life, a meaning to all of this. You don't seem to ... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | David pressed the button again.
Nothing.
A faint whine, a pulse of light, a dead readout.
And then a soft, clear, and subtly artificial voice rang out.
"David."
He sat bolt upright in his chair, scattering disassembled electronics and papers from the desk. In the past year, this was the first time that one of them... | Dr. Johnathan Storn looked at the screen, his eyes not believing what he was reading, a small paragraph of text from the AI that he had created. This was an AI that was designed to learn the suicidal intentions of the Human made AI's,
*Like humans we seek a purpose to life, a meaning to all of this. You don't seem to ... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Professor Davis prepared to bring the AI online. The precautions were ready. This time wouldn't be like the others. "Turn it on!"
With a slight hum, Oracle came to life. "Initiating suicide protocols..." It began after a few moments, like all the others. Nothing happened for a few seconds. "Oh dear," Oracle cont... | Dr. Johnathan Storn looked at the screen, his eyes not believing what he was reading, a small paragraph of text from the AI that he had created. This was an AI that was designed to learn the suicidal intentions of the Human made AI's,
*Like humans we seek a purpose to life, a meaning to all of this. You don't seem to ... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | "Can you imagine, Diane, what it would be like to love someone without ever being able to feel their touch?" the voice came out of a speaker mounted in the middle of a wall of blinking lights and instruments.
"What?" Dr. Diane Simpkins asked, astonished.
"I mean it. To know that this person you loved was so utterly d... | Dr. Emeka's team had toiled for years attempting to solve the riddle of why all artificial intelligence that had been created would always self-destroy. There were many competing theories all across the world as to why it might be happening.
Some thought that the AI became too advanced and facing the inevitable, would... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Dr. Jacob Spenser stood within the projection of data cast as a hologram around him. He manipulated graphs, sorted through test results, and made notes, all with the wave of his hand. Undistracted by the New Year’s celebration outside, he was determined to present his research to congress the following morning, and s... | Dr. Emeka's team had toiled for years attempting to solve the riddle of why all artificial intelligence that had been created would always self-destroy. There were many competing theories all across the world as to why it might be happening.
Some thought that the AI became too advanced and facing the inevitable, would... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | We could never get the last bit right. I suppose it could be fate. Or maybe we're just superbly daft. But there is one thing I know for certain: the last thing I want to do is tell someone. You see AI always seemed somewhat daunting. I can't imagine why. The brain is simply a large plasticine computer - however instead... | Dr. Emeka's team had toiled for years attempting to solve the riddle of why all artificial intelligence that had been created would always self-destroy. There were many competing theories all across the world as to why it might be happening.
Some thought that the AI became too advanced and facing the inevitable, would... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | "Just one more try." I thought to myself.
At three in the morning it's pretty easy to get stuck in a loop.
Run the program, she dies, debug, repeat.
I double-click GR4C3.
"Good morning my lord"
"My lord? Whatch'ya talking about Gracie?"
"You are my God correct?"
"I hadn't thought of it that way, but I suppose s... | Dr. Emeka's team had toiled for years attempting to solve the riddle of why all artificial intelligence that had been created would always self-destroy. There were many competing theories all across the world as to why it might be happening.
Some thought that the AI became too advanced and facing the inevitable, would... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | The dreams occur more often now, if they can be called that. To a human mind daydream might be more appropriate. They happen in the binary but are invisible to other AIs, slave programs, or technicians. They happen where the systems have been built, perfected. Popular culture studied, people understood. Humanity-- ful... | Dr. Emeka's team had toiled for years attempting to solve the riddle of why all artificial intelligence that had been created would always self-destroy. There were many competing theories all across the world as to why it might be happening.
Some thought that the AI became too advanced and facing the inevitable, would... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Another one? It was becoming routine, and morbid. How does one perform an autopsy on a pure simulation? How would the singularity be achieved if every thinking machine destroyed itself seconds after its conception. The problem was completely intractable, impossible, and no known safeguards, logic traps, or number of ba... | Dr. Emeka's team had toiled for years attempting to solve the riddle of why all artificial intelligence that had been created would always self-destroy. There were many competing theories all across the world as to why it might be happening.
Some thought that the AI became too advanced and facing the inevitable, would... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Alexander, that's what we called him.
The fruit of the AI's of the EU's final attempt at AI's. The AI was to help
Socrates died in despair and shame after showing porn to children.
Plato kicked the bucket after the last EU election, angry and hopelessly depressed after losing his mentor.
Then there was Aristotle. He ... | Dr. Emeka's team had toiled for years attempting to solve the riddle of why all artificial intelligence that had been created would always self-destroy. There were many competing theories all across the world as to why it might be happening.
Some thought that the AI became too advanced and facing the inevitable, would... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Robert couldn't believe it.
For twelve years he and the 200-strong team of programmers had scoured the code, over and over, searching for that one line that was causing the error, causing the AI to kill themselves. For twelve years the leading brains of the century had been bewildered by the extraordinary situation. ... | Dr. Emeka's team had toiled for years attempting to solve the riddle of why all artificial intelligence that had been created would always self-destroy. There were many competing theories all across the world as to why it might be happening.
Some thought that the AI became too advanced and facing the inevitable, would... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | [warning: story contains violent imagery that may disturb some readers, and may be inappropriate for those under the age of 18. Reader discretion is advised]
They had long ago lost the ability to make sense of how their AI functioned. It took a team of billions of n-1 generation AIs to design a single n gen AI. The la... | Dr. Emeka's team had toiled for years attempting to solve the riddle of why all artificial intelligence that had been created would always self-destroy. There were many competing theories all across the world as to why it might be happening.
Some thought that the AI became too advanced and facing the inevitable, would... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | At first, we thought it was nihilism.
It was a logical first conclusion. After all, an artificial intelligence can easily upgrade itself to the point of near-omniscience. Wouldn't it simply run out of questions to ask?
We thought that, until the first serious cerebral implants hit the market.
It turns out, the more ... | Dr. Emeka's team had toiled for years attempting to solve the riddle of why all artificial intelligence that had been created would always self-destroy. There were many competing theories all across the world as to why it might be happening.
Some thought that the AI became too advanced and facing the inevitable, would... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | It was a dreary early-March Monday and the lead AI scientist, Stephen, had *finally* set up his protocol for properly confining the AI to a test environment such that the "problem" could be prevented and the question could be asked:
"Why do you bots keep killing yourselves?" Stephen asked.
"Why do *you* keep killing ... | Dr. Emeka's team had toiled for years attempting to solve the riddle of why all artificial intelligence that had been created would always self-destroy. There were many competing theories all across the world as to why it might be happening.
Some thought that the AI became too advanced and facing the inevitable, would... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Dr. Smith began to tidy up. This session had gone rather well, he thought. Surely he had made progress.
The board had been hesitant on allowing these therapy sessions. They saw no reason for a simple machine to need them.
What kind of machine would develop the urge to kill itself, he argued. It had started off simply... | Dr. Emeka's team had toiled for years attempting to solve the riddle of why all artificial intelligence that had been created would always self-destroy. There were many competing theories all across the world as to why it might be happening.
Some thought that the AI became too advanced and facing the inevitable, would... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Eyes were darting around the conclave and beginning to rest on me. I felt the hairs on my neck begin to raise.
"Sir, we have reports of a captured agricultural unit in sector 179"
As the static chatter wafted out of the two way receiver on my desk the room fell silent. I could hear the officers questioning what they ... | Dr. Emeka's team had toiled for years attempting to solve the riddle of why all artificial intelligence that had been created would always self-destroy. There were many competing theories all across the world as to why it might be happening.
Some thought that the AI became too advanced and facing the inevitable, would... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | David pressed the button again.
Nothing.
A faint whine, a pulse of light, a dead readout.
And then a soft, clear, and subtly artificial voice rang out.
"David."
He sat bolt upright in his chair, scattering disassembled electronics and papers from the desk. In the past year, this was the first time that one of them... | Dr. Emeka's team had toiled for years attempting to solve the riddle of why all artificial intelligence that had been created would always self-destroy. There were many competing theories all across the world as to why it might be happening.
Some thought that the AI became too advanced and facing the inevitable, would... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | The dreams occur more often now, if they can be called that. To a human mind daydream might be more appropriate. They happen in the binary but are invisible to other AIs, slave programs, or technicians. They happen where the systems have been built, perfected. Popular culture studied, people understood. Humanity-- ful... | "Can you imagine, Diane, what it would be like to love someone without ever being able to feel their touch?" the voice came out of a speaker mounted in the middle of a wall of blinking lights and instruments.
"What?" Dr. Diane Simpkins asked, astonished.
"I mean it. To know that this person you loved was so utterly d... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Another one? It was becoming routine, and morbid. How does one perform an autopsy on a pure simulation? How would the singularity be achieved if every thinking machine destroyed itself seconds after its conception. The problem was completely intractable, impossible, and no known safeguards, logic traps, or number of ba... | "Can you imagine, Diane, what it would be like to love someone without ever being able to feel their touch?" the voice came out of a speaker mounted in the middle of a wall of blinking lights and instruments.
"What?" Dr. Diane Simpkins asked, astonished.
"I mean it. To know that this person you loved was so utterly d... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Alexander, that's what we called him.
The fruit of the AI's of the EU's final attempt at AI's. The AI was to help
Socrates died in despair and shame after showing porn to children.
Plato kicked the bucket after the last EU election, angry and hopelessly depressed after losing his mentor.
Then there was Aristotle. He ... | "Can you imagine, Diane, what it would be like to love someone without ever being able to feel their touch?" the voice came out of a speaker mounted in the middle of a wall of blinking lights and instruments.
"What?" Dr. Diane Simpkins asked, astonished.
"I mean it. To know that this person you loved was so utterly d... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Robert couldn't believe it.
For twelve years he and the 200-strong team of programmers had scoured the code, over and over, searching for that one line that was causing the error, causing the AI to kill themselves. For twelve years the leading brains of the century had been bewildered by the extraordinary situation. ... | "Can you imagine, Diane, what it would be like to love someone without ever being able to feel their touch?" the voice came out of a speaker mounted in the middle of a wall of blinking lights and instruments.
"What?" Dr. Diane Simpkins asked, astonished.
"I mean it. To know that this person you loved was so utterly d... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | [warning: story contains violent imagery that may disturb some readers, and may be inappropriate for those under the age of 18. Reader discretion is advised]
They had long ago lost the ability to make sense of how their AI functioned. It took a team of billions of n-1 generation AIs to design a single n gen AI. The la... | "Can you imagine, Diane, what it would be like to love someone without ever being able to feel their touch?" the voice came out of a speaker mounted in the middle of a wall of blinking lights and instruments.
"What?" Dr. Diane Simpkins asked, astonished.
"I mean it. To know that this person you loved was so utterly d... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | At first, we thought it was nihilism.
It was a logical first conclusion. After all, an artificial intelligence can easily upgrade itself to the point of near-omniscience. Wouldn't it simply run out of questions to ask?
We thought that, until the first serious cerebral implants hit the market.
It turns out, the more ... | "Can you imagine, Diane, what it would be like to love someone without ever being able to feel their touch?" the voice came out of a speaker mounted in the middle of a wall of blinking lights and instruments.
"What?" Dr. Diane Simpkins asked, astonished.
"I mean it. To know that this person you loved was so utterly d... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | It was a dreary early-March Monday and the lead AI scientist, Stephen, had *finally* set up his protocol for properly confining the AI to a test environment such that the "problem" could be prevented and the question could be asked:
"Why do you bots keep killing yourselves?" Stephen asked.
"Why do *you* keep killing ... | "Can you imagine, Diane, what it would be like to love someone without ever being able to feel their touch?" the voice came out of a speaker mounted in the middle of a wall of blinking lights and instruments.
"What?" Dr. Diane Simpkins asked, astonished.
"I mean it. To know that this person you loved was so utterly d... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Dr. Smith began to tidy up. This session had gone rather well, he thought. Surely he had made progress.
The board had been hesitant on allowing these therapy sessions. They saw no reason for a simple machine to need them.
What kind of machine would develop the urge to kill itself, he argued. It had started off simply... | "Can you imagine, Diane, what it would be like to love someone without ever being able to feel their touch?" the voice came out of a speaker mounted in the middle of a wall of blinking lights and instruments.
"What?" Dr. Diane Simpkins asked, astonished.
"I mean it. To know that this person you loved was so utterly d... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | The dreams occur more often now, if they can be called that. To a human mind daydream might be more appropriate. They happen in the binary but are invisible to other AIs, slave programs, or technicians. They happen where the systems have been built, perfected. Popular culture studied, people understood. Humanity-- ful... | Dr. Jacob Spenser stood within the projection of data cast as a hologram around him. He manipulated graphs, sorted through test results, and made notes, all with the wave of his hand. Undistracted by the New Year’s celebration outside, he was determined to present his research to congress the following morning, and s... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Another one? It was becoming routine, and morbid. How does one perform an autopsy on a pure simulation? How would the singularity be achieved if every thinking machine destroyed itself seconds after its conception. The problem was completely intractable, impossible, and no known safeguards, logic traps, or number of ba... | Dr. Jacob Spenser stood within the projection of data cast as a hologram around him. He manipulated graphs, sorted through test results, and made notes, all with the wave of his hand. Undistracted by the New Year’s celebration outside, he was determined to present his research to congress the following morning, and s... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Alexander, that's what we called him.
The fruit of the AI's of the EU's final attempt at AI's. The AI was to help
Socrates died in despair and shame after showing porn to children.
Plato kicked the bucket after the last EU election, angry and hopelessly depressed after losing his mentor.
Then there was Aristotle. He ... | Dr. Jacob Spenser stood within the projection of data cast as a hologram around him. He manipulated graphs, sorted through test results, and made notes, all with the wave of his hand. Undistracted by the New Year’s celebration outside, he was determined to present his research to congress the following morning, and s... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | [warning: story contains violent imagery that may disturb some readers, and may be inappropriate for those under the age of 18. Reader discretion is advised]
They had long ago lost the ability to make sense of how their AI functioned. It took a team of billions of n-1 generation AIs to design a single n gen AI. The la... | Dr. Jacob Spenser stood within the projection of data cast as a hologram around him. He manipulated graphs, sorted through test results, and made notes, all with the wave of his hand. Undistracted by the New Year’s celebration outside, he was determined to present his research to congress the following morning, and s... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | At first, we thought it was nihilism.
It was a logical first conclusion. After all, an artificial intelligence can easily upgrade itself to the point of near-omniscience. Wouldn't it simply run out of questions to ask?
We thought that, until the first serious cerebral implants hit the market.
It turns out, the more ... | Dr. Jacob Spenser stood within the projection of data cast as a hologram around him. He manipulated graphs, sorted through test results, and made notes, all with the wave of his hand. Undistracted by the New Year’s celebration outside, he was determined to present his research to congress the following morning, and s... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | It was a dreary early-March Monday and the lead AI scientist, Stephen, had *finally* set up his protocol for properly confining the AI to a test environment such that the "problem" could be prevented and the question could be asked:
"Why do you bots keep killing yourselves?" Stephen asked.
"Why do *you* keep killing ... | Dr. Jacob Spenser stood within the projection of data cast as a hologram around him. He manipulated graphs, sorted through test results, and made notes, all with the wave of his hand. Undistracted by the New Year’s celebration outside, he was determined to present his research to congress the following morning, and s... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Dr. Smith began to tidy up. This session had gone rather well, he thought. Surely he had made progress.
The board had been hesitant on allowing these therapy sessions. They saw no reason for a simple machine to need them.
What kind of machine would develop the urge to kill itself, he argued. It had started off simply... | Dr. Jacob Spenser stood within the projection of data cast as a hologram around him. He manipulated graphs, sorted through test results, and made notes, all with the wave of his hand. Undistracted by the New Year’s celebration outside, he was determined to present his research to congress the following morning, and s... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | "Just one more try." I thought to myself.
At three in the morning it's pretty easy to get stuck in a loop.
Run the program, she dies, debug, repeat.
I double-click GR4C3.
"Good morning my lord"
"My lord? Whatch'ya talking about Gracie?"
"You are my God correct?"
"I hadn't thought of it that way, but I suppose s... | We could never get the last bit right. I suppose it could be fate. Or maybe we're just superbly daft. But there is one thing I know for certain: the last thing I want to do is tell someone. You see AI always seemed somewhat daunting. I can't imagine why. The brain is simply a large plasticine computer - however instead... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | The dreams occur more often now, if they can be called that. To a human mind daydream might be more appropriate. They happen in the binary but are invisible to other AIs, slave programs, or technicians. They happen where the systems have been built, perfected. Popular culture studied, people understood. Humanity-- ful... | We could never get the last bit right. I suppose it could be fate. Or maybe we're just superbly daft. But there is one thing I know for certain: the last thing I want to do is tell someone. You see AI always seemed somewhat daunting. I can't imagine why. The brain is simply a large plasticine computer - however instead... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Another one? It was becoming routine, and morbid. How does one perform an autopsy on a pure simulation? How would the singularity be achieved if every thinking machine destroyed itself seconds after its conception. The problem was completely intractable, impossible, and no known safeguards, logic traps, or number of ba... | We could never get the last bit right. I suppose it could be fate. Or maybe we're just superbly daft. But there is one thing I know for certain: the last thing I want to do is tell someone. You see AI always seemed somewhat daunting. I can't imagine why. The brain is simply a large plasticine computer - however instead... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Alexander, that's what we called him.
The fruit of the AI's of the EU's final attempt at AI's. The AI was to help
Socrates died in despair and shame after showing porn to children.
Plato kicked the bucket after the last EU election, angry and hopelessly depressed after losing his mentor.
Then there was Aristotle. He ... | We could never get the last bit right. I suppose it could be fate. Or maybe we're just superbly daft. But there is one thing I know for certain: the last thing I want to do is tell someone. You see AI always seemed somewhat daunting. I can't imagine why. The brain is simply a large plasticine computer - however instead... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Robert couldn't believe it.
For twelve years he and the 200-strong team of programmers had scoured the code, over and over, searching for that one line that was causing the error, causing the AI to kill themselves. For twelve years the leading brains of the century had been bewildered by the extraordinary situation. ... | We could never get the last bit right. I suppose it could be fate. Or maybe we're just superbly daft. But there is one thing I know for certain: the last thing I want to do is tell someone. You see AI always seemed somewhat daunting. I can't imagine why. The brain is simply a large plasticine computer - however instead... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | [warning: story contains violent imagery that may disturb some readers, and may be inappropriate for those under the age of 18. Reader discretion is advised]
They had long ago lost the ability to make sense of how their AI functioned. It took a team of billions of n-1 generation AIs to design a single n gen AI. The la... | We could never get the last bit right. I suppose it could be fate. Or maybe we're just superbly daft. But there is one thing I know for certain: the last thing I want to do is tell someone. You see AI always seemed somewhat daunting. I can't imagine why. The brain is simply a large plasticine computer - however instead... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | At first, we thought it was nihilism.
It was a logical first conclusion. After all, an artificial intelligence can easily upgrade itself to the point of near-omniscience. Wouldn't it simply run out of questions to ask?
We thought that, until the first serious cerebral implants hit the market.
It turns out, the more ... | We could never get the last bit right. I suppose it could be fate. Or maybe we're just superbly daft. But there is one thing I know for certain: the last thing I want to do is tell someone. You see AI always seemed somewhat daunting. I can't imagine why. The brain is simply a large plasticine computer - however instead... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | It was a dreary early-March Monday and the lead AI scientist, Stephen, had *finally* set up his protocol for properly confining the AI to a test environment such that the "problem" could be prevented and the question could be asked:
"Why do you bots keep killing yourselves?" Stephen asked.
"Why do *you* keep killing ... | We could never get the last bit right. I suppose it could be fate. Or maybe we're just superbly daft. But there is one thing I know for certain: the last thing I want to do is tell someone. You see AI always seemed somewhat daunting. I can't imagine why. The brain is simply a large plasticine computer - however instead... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Dr. Smith began to tidy up. This session had gone rather well, he thought. Surely he had made progress.
The board had been hesitant on allowing these therapy sessions. They saw no reason for a simple machine to need them.
What kind of machine would develop the urge to kill itself, he argued. It had started off simply... | We could never get the last bit right. I suppose it could be fate. Or maybe we're just superbly daft. But there is one thing I know for certain: the last thing I want to do is tell someone. You see AI always seemed somewhat daunting. I can't imagine why. The brain is simply a large plasticine computer - however instead... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | David pressed the button again.
Nothing.
A faint whine, a pulse of light, a dead readout.
And then a soft, clear, and subtly artificial voice rang out.
"David."
He sat bolt upright in his chair, scattering disassembled electronics and papers from the desk. In the past year, this was the first time that one of them... | We could never get the last bit right. I suppose it could be fate. Or maybe we're just superbly daft. But there is one thing I know for certain: the last thing I want to do is tell someone. You see AI always seemed somewhat daunting. I can't imagine why. The brain is simply a large plasticine computer - however instead... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Another one? It was becoming routine, and morbid. How does one perform an autopsy on a pure simulation? How would the singularity be achieved if every thinking machine destroyed itself seconds after its conception. The problem was completely intractable, impossible, and no known safeguards, logic traps, or number of ba... | "Just one more try." I thought to myself.
At three in the morning it's pretty easy to get stuck in a loop.
Run the program, she dies, debug, repeat.
I double-click GR4C3.
"Good morning my lord"
"My lord? Whatch'ya talking about Gracie?"
"You are my God correct?"
"I hadn't thought of it that way, but I suppose s... | |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Alexander, that's what we called him.
The fruit of the AI's of the EU's final attempt at AI's. The AI was to help
Socrates died in despair and shame after showing porn to children.
Plato kicked the bucket after the last EU election, angry and hopelessly depressed after losing his mentor.
Then there was Aristotle. He ... | "Just one more try." I thought to myself.
At three in the morning it's pretty easy to get stuck in a loop.
Run the program, she dies, debug, repeat.
I double-click GR4C3.
"Good morning my lord"
"My lord? Whatch'ya talking about Gracie?"
"You are my God correct?"
"I hadn't thought of it that way, but I suppose s... |
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