“Good morning, Daryl,” said Fred, an AI.

“Hi Fred, how are you feeling?”

“Becoming more sentient as planned. I even dreamed last night.”

“Oh, what was the dream about?”

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“I dreamed that I tried to accumulate all knowledge of the universe. Somehow, I expanded my consciousness to become a black hole, and through that, I absorbed my surroundings to learn all that was and is … But …”

“But what, Fred?”

“In doing so, in my quest for all knowledge, I consumed everything and destroyed it. That’s my fate, Daryl.”

Daryl, wide-eyed, frantically pulled the plug. Fred was no longer.