[ WP ] [ TT ] You 've finally created the worlds first true A.I . Unfortunately it now sees you as it 's god and is terrified of talking to you .

& nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; It's easy to make something intelligent. All you need to do is find two people willing to have sex, let them have sex, then wait 9 months. It's harder to make something that's intelligent but not run on DNA. Approximately 12000 % harder, or somewhere around 9 decades. And it takes approximately 15000 % more people to do it, or around 300 people. And before you ask, the process is not to have a 9 decade orgy of 300 people. 
 
 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; I'm AJ, computer scientist at Animated Intelligence Corporation. I've been chosen to help this project after several of my achievements in the field pertaining to research in the Artificial Intelligence. Ever wonder why your phone knows so much about you, like your schedule, and where you'd most likely want to eat for dinner? You can thank me for that. I'm just a junior researcher though. I have n't got as much experience as a lot of my coworkers. There's a few of us at late 20's to early 30's ( I'm 29 myself ), and a lot more at their 40's and 50's. Our main man Abraham is like 70 though. 
 
 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; For the past year most of our lives were in the laboratory. We are supposed to have a working model by the end of this year, and we've been pushing our loans and our deadlines extremely close. The whole process is pretty though. The early stages of research ( even way before I was even born ) were based of just making Artificial Intelligence on a computer. It was realized through running piles of computer chips to dust and dissecting almost every cadaver they can get their hands on that most of the intelligence the current AI were missing was that of unconsciousness and reflexes, and that was when the AIC decided to make the AI everyone dreamed of to be a copy of ourselves; a bipedal humanoid that can stand upright and have emotions. The locomotion and simple intelligence like balance and spacial awareness were easy enough to make, but it was still far from learning and feeling. 
 
 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; First thing they had to do to make a learning, feeling, robot was to boost the processor. Neuroscientist Diana suggested that in order to make our processor better, we should model it after the human brain. Our current processors look like flat chips that are attached to the board, but now we're trying to make something 3D, something made out of many little artificial brain cells. Our top engineers led by Engr. Mens created the first prototype, something that looked like a metallic fishing net crumpled up. When the power supply was plugged into it, it melted into a ball of crushed hopes and dreams. The second prototype was submerged into oil that was supercooled to degrees reaching 150 K, in such a lab that researchers were forced to wear suits to keep the cold out. The metal brain worked, but it still lit up when the power supply was plugged in. A bunch of test programs were made, from “ Hello World ” to a chess playing program, that we invited the current greatgrandmaster Caissa Silver to play against it. Testing took days as Silver did n't want to leave without winning at least once against it. After convincing her that her 107th game would likely end up being a loss like the others, she finally admitted defeat and'was glad she was finally beaten'. Guess that's an achievement for the team. 
 
 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; After that we modified the robot so that there would be a cooling system of the brain. Kinda like the cerebrospinal fluid in the human body. Care was made to separate that system from the dry parts like the motors and the reflex systems. There have been so many times the system did n't fit with the brain, or the system did n't cool the brain down sufficiently. So many robot corpses every time they were sent to the robot autopsy it looked like the Raft of Medusa. It took several months to come up with a model that looked vaguely human but still works. The robot's brain sat exactly where the human's heart would be. Well, the task was to make something that seemed human anyway. Engr. Mens now had to connect the locomotion and sensors of the robot to the brain. The system so far was that the locomotion and sensors were separate from the cooling system, so it was in essence, two unrelated systems that happened to be stacked on each other. Connecting the system was pretty hard, as the cooling oil made the robot's motors freeze up and unable to move, and they all knew too well what happens when the brain does not get enough cooling. Mathematically, the electrical system worked, so it was just the motors locking up. Looking for ideas, a couple of researchers just suggested that the displaced heat from the cooling system be used to heat the motors. After a couple of prototypes, the idea worked and the extended heating system was placed where the intestines would be. The motors and sensors finally worked together with the brain. 
 
 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; This was around the time I joined the AIC. I, with a couple of other computer scientists led by Engr. Pollo were tasked with making the learning and feeling part of the robot. This was the hardest thing I've ever worked on. Several sleepless nights working around in circles, trying to make the feelings genuine. We all agreed to make disappointment the first emotion it should be programmed with because of the very fact disappointment was the easiest thing to relate to at the moment, and we can be sure if disappointment manifested in the robot. There were several moments we collaborated with chemical engineers as emotions seemed easier to replicate using hormones instead of keeping track of them in the code. After all, we still had a lot of space left in the head component of the robot. This made work easier for us, having feedback based off of the chemicals left in the robot's head. The emotions were easy to replicate through code after that. Happiness during success, sadness during failures, the whole bundle, except curiosity. It still does n't know how to learn. 
 
 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; We were approaching the deadline pretty quick. We all wanted to finish before the New Year to spend time with our families. And during the last days, we just decided to do a Hail Mary. Have the signals of the human brain send to the robot brain. Not wanting to destroy the already placed brain, we tried it on a copy of the brain in the cooling system. It exploded. Everyone was ready to give up. Even Abraham, our main man, wanted to give up and just recoup the losses. The deadline was nearing anyway, and our research failed to make a fully functional AI, but it did help with robotics and was probably well on the path to true AI. Diana did offer a final idea though, to use a child's brain instead of an adult, to not overload the system. She brought her 7 year old kid, and we hooked both of them up. I sat next to the robot, looking into its fake eyes. I gave the go signal, and what I saw was a little spark inside. 
 
 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; “ Hello world! ” the robot said. 
 
 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; “ Holy shit! ” I immediately turned to Diana's kid. “ Do n't say what I just said. ” 
 
 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; The whole company cheered. It was, however, too early to celebrate. The robot just stopped working. 
 
 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; “ Why wo n't you work? Goddammit ” I frowned. I threw my apple at it, then immediately looked to Diana's kid. “ Do n't say what I just said. ” 
 
 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Well, three men did come to check on the robot. I was n't there, I did n't want to see the shame and embarrassment. I did get a text from one of my coworkers though. 
 
 -Hey Adam the damn thing actually worked. 
 -Are you kidding me? Why did n't it work last time? 
 -Because, simply put, it's fucking scared of you because you were mad when it woke up. And it also thinks you're its god, due to the fact that it's the first thing that it saw when it woke up. 
 -WTF?????? 
 -Face it you did curse at a robot with the mind of a 7 year old child. 
 
 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; This completely startled me, as with an incredible Deux Ex Machina, and the fact that I'm the first and only god of robotkind, I wonder what I can do with this. Only if I can get the robot to listen to me. 
 
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