Bright. White. Lights.
Why is it so bright? Where am I? Who am I? What is going on?!
These thoughts swarmed in my head as I tried to move. My body couldn’t feel anything. It couldn’t move. I opened my mouth and tried to make a noise. Anything, anything so to alert someone that I needed help.
“He-he-help!” I stuttered out. My ears exploded with noise. Screaming? Yelling? No, cheering. Multiple people? Yes, definitely more than one. Whoever is cheering sounds happy. Why would they be happy when I just called for help?
I feel something on my leg. It burns.
NONONONONO-
I manage to turn my head just enough to see a woman sitting in a chair next to the table
I am laying on. The thoughts come back.
Who are you? Who am I? Where am I? Why is it so bright? Get your hand off my leg. Now, now, nownownownow-
“Who are you?”
“My name is Doctor Mary Ann Schmitz.” The woman replied gently.
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“Doctor Mary Ann Schmitz,” I repeated, thinking for a second. I don’t know that name.
I gazed at the woman. Brown hair in a bob that curls in at her chin. Barely noticable laugh lines. Tan skin tone. A brush of freckles you would need to be really close to her to see.
“Why is it so loud?” I asked, realizing the cheering was still going on in the background. “And why can’t I move?”
“The other doctors are happy.” She looked at me with a wide smile on her face. “You can’t move because you’re strapped down.”
My eyes widened. Why would I need to be strapped down? Isn't that something bad? Used for torture purposes? The questions are back in my head. I needed to get out all the details of what’s going on.
“Where are we? Why is it so bright? Why are they so happy? Get your hand off my leg!” I asked in a rush, accidentally blurting out the last part. The burning in my leg was growing. The first thing she did was take her hand off. The sensation immediately stopped.
“We are in Borins Laboratory. The lights are bright so we can see everything easily. Everyone is so happy because we just discovered something incredible.”
“What did they discover?” I said after she finished. My head was starting to pound from all the cheering. I tried to cover my ears with my hands. Then I remembered about being strapped down.
“Something absolutely amazing. You!”
“Who am I?”
“Why, you’re the first sentient AI to be invented!”