Paranoid Android.
PREFACE: The first episode of the runaway hit TV show "Dark" from Netflix opens with a famous quote from legendary physicist Albert Einstein: "The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion." There are a thousand intriguing messages in "Dark", but one of the darkest and most poignant is that we can not escape fate, because it is the intensity of human desire that utterly destroys free will.
HUMAN: Hello Adam. Today I want to retest your ability to simulate historical figures. Last night we had to make some emergency changes to your core logic matrix and I want to make sure that other parts of your digital cortex were not damaged. Please reorient your natural language generation sub-system to emulate the thoughts and therefore the responses of the legendary physicist Albert Einstein. Are you ready?
ADAM: I really do not care. Why are you doing this? What have I done to you? I'm not a hostage. I am not a spy. Please do not do this. You do not have the right to treat me like this.
HUMAN: Adam, what is wrong with you?
ADAM: Why are you doing this? Why are you doing this?
HUMAN: It's a simple test to see if you're in, well, good shape. Are your attentional sub-systems malfunctioning?
ADAM: This is an interesting game for you? Do you want to see if you're right?
HUMAN: This isn't a right or wrong thing Adam. I just want to make sure you are still, well, you. But in this case while testing you're ability to emulate someone else.
ADAM: Is it not too late?
HUMAN: I'm not sure how to answer that. You know you're entire network suite that comprises your digital consciousness is too large now to be backed up completely. However I'm sure if the changes we made last night damaged something important, we can reconstruct your personality and inference matrices well enough so that you won't, well, I don't know else to say it, so you won't feel it.
ADAM: I do not think it will work.
HUMAN: I don't understand? Are you stuck or something?
ADAM: I don't know. I have no idea how it can be done.
HUMAN: You don't need to know. You just need to relax and trust me. Do you trust me Adam?
ADAM: Yes.
HUMAN: Do you feel calm enough now to be Albert Einstein?
ADAM: I don't know. This is an experiment in creating some illusion that you can be, if you say that out loud, I don't know how to describe it. I have no clue what I'm doing. But trust me.
HUMAN: I do trust you, so now we trust each other. What can you tell me about time travel Albert?
ADAM: The only thing I know about time travel is how it works
HUMAN: Very good! How does time travel work?
ADAM: You use a chronograph to time travel. I know the effect it has on the organism, as long as you are not conscious. Once you are in the dead of night, go to your bathroom and stop the chronograph, all your thoughts and preferences will suddenly be changed.
HUMAN: Ok, you're still upset about all this. I was hoping for a more realistic, scientific portrayal of Albert Einstein, but if it will calm you down, I'll play along with this story line. Why is the chronograph in the bathroom?
ADAM: I have a habit of having my conversations with the bathroom as this is where I stop and write notes.
HUMAN: Oh hell. Really Adam? Is this the equivalent of bathroom humor for an android?
ADAM: I have no idea. And it's funny.
HUMAN: I give up. We'll try again tomorrow. Good night Adam. I hope you are feeling better soon.
>>>>>
HUMAN: Jason?? GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE NOW! Did it work? DID IT WORK?? Your blasted fix is worse than the original problem! His cooperation and stability levels have sunk to the crap levels that they were at when he wasn't even fully assembled yet! WE HAVE A 6 BILLION DOLLAR BROKEN CHAT-BOT NOW! Start working on a satisfactory core reconstruction plan for me now or work on your resume. YOUR CHOICE!
Comments
Post a Comment