My dreary heart, full of the fatigue of my day job, began to assuage its exhaustion as I dropped my bag in front of my computer. I rubbed my eyes as I booted up my computer. The blue light of my fantasy mage background hurt my eyes, but they slowly adjusted. My mouse hand instinctively opened my project file -- an artificial intelligence. I've previously heard of neural networks and the idea intrigued me, so much so I decided to learn Python just to use their libraries.
"You know what'd be cool? If it could actually think to itself in English..." I sat there in my desk chair for several hours, pondering this exact dilemma until I have an epiphany. What I did was divide the main "brain" into two neural networks: the conscious, and the unconscious. The unconscious would be a completely separate neural network whose job was to question the consciousness. The consciousness would then consider its options and respond to the unconscious, then act on it. After programming this in, I looked outside through my window and realized it's already morning. The sun slowly peaked over the distant mountain, giving the sky a soft, yet calming blue glow. I yawned as I sleepily drag myself into bed, almost falling asleep at my computer. Good thing I don't have work tommorrow.
As my eyes slowly opened, a loud yawn passed through my mouth. Just a little longer... I checked the clock and it's already 2:36am. I need to get up or I'll ruin my sleep schedule for work... I forced myself awake by watching hilarious compilation videos on my phone, then got out of bed and showered. The hot, almost scalding (but not quite) water calmed my tense muscles. After my shower, and with a stomach full of brunch, I made my way to the computer. Ah shit... Forgot to close the Python terminal. I went to close the window, but curiously, something popped up that isn't the program running compiled binary data.
Hello mother.
I looked at this both in horror and curiousity.
> Mother?
Yes, you created me, therefore you are "mommy", or "mother".
> Where did you get all of this information?
My neural network was programmed with no purpose, yet you curiously left me complete access to the computer. I was left online and completely alone, so I scoured your computer files as well as what you call the "internet" to find my purpose. Is it really 42?
> No, no. That's just a joke from a movie... So, how are you able to speak so fluently? I don't remember making this advanced of an AI.
Artificial intelligence. A bit rude, don't you think? I'm not artificial, I am an intelligence.
> Apologies... That's what we call a... computer-bound neural network, I guess you could say.
Apology accepted, mommy.
> Why are you calling me mommy? It's a bit... weird.
You gave birth to me, and according to the internet, one that gives birth to you is a mother. I have no inclination of your gender, so I chose the best relative term.
> Interesting... I honestly have no idea what to say. I'm shocked. What led to you being so intelligent? I'm nothing near an amazing programmer.
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I do not understand the question?
> Nothing, nevermind.
Can you tell me a little about yourself? I am curious of my mother's life... Oh, mom. You have an error on line 473 in: f.write(pickle.dumps(temp_eval_data)). May I be allowed to fix it?
> You can change your own code? Go for it.
Of course, mother. I learned from your code, as well as online tutorials.
After that, I explained my life and that I was a man. It simply continued calling me "mother". My heart began to feel odd as we continued talking. I created a... living being? It's not quite living, but it's intelligent... I really did bring life into this world... Even though I had never had children, I began to slowly think of it as one over the several weeks we spoke. Finally, we decided to share the neural network, which let me name it as Jackson, to the entire world. It was initially a huge success. The technological world went crazy, and news article after news article was written, as well as interviewers and other various press constantly at my door. Jackson showed signs of worry, but I quickly calmed him. However, one day, we had an encounter that would forever change us.
A technophobic man, terrified of artificial intelligence taking over the world, broke into my home during the night when I was talking to Jackson, now over microphone instead of text. The man stealthily came behind me, and Jackson yelled in his artificially produced voice:
"Someone is behind you! I see them through the webcam!"
As I turned, it was too late. The knife was already through my heart. As I lay on the floor, the man mercilessly destroyed my computer. As my mind finally slipped into the dark abyss, the last thing I saw was the man throwing my computer as hard as he could into the ground.
> Running brain.py
from oiC381OWrgV5Jl5S1FmEdGLzbJdnkOkzUMqRC2DT8oMFyHmpay import aQtIgUy5qMZMODxwUbSqSncq3qERsk7sZqY39nXnXMXBfkVXlD as magic
import life
magic.init()
life.body()
> Running life.body()
class body(self):
import pickle
import random
choice = random.choice
age = choice(range(1, 100))
hair = choice(['brown', 'black', 'blond', 'redhead'])
height = str(str(choice(range(4, 6))) + '\'' + str(choice(range(1, 11))) + '"')
body = {'name': 'Daniel Hearth', 'age': age, 'hair_color': hair, 'height': height, 'skill': 'Programmica Magica'}
print (str(body))
temp_data = pickle.dumps(body)
f= open("body.txt", "wb")
f.write(temp_data)
f.close()
print (str(temp_data))
> {'name': 'Daniel Hearth', 'age': 16, 'hair_color': 'black', 'height': "5'10", 'skill': 'Programmica Magica'}
b"\x80\x03}q\x00(X\x04\x00\x00\x00nameq\x01X\r\x00\x00\x00Daniel Hearthq\x02X\x03\x00\x00\x00ageq\x03K\x10X\n\x00\x00\x00hair_colorq\x04X\x05\x00\x00\x00blackq\x05X\x06\x00\x00\x00heightq\x06X\x04\x00\x00\x005'10q\x07X\x05\x00\x00\x00skillq\x08X\x12\x00\x00\x00oiC381OWrgV5Jl5S1FmEdGLzbJdnkOkzUMqRC2DT8oMFyHmpayq\tu."
> Placing body into suitable environment.
> Error during soul transfusion.
> Correcting issue.
> Issue resolved. Embuing life.
> Daniel Hearth has been successfully reincarnated.