[ WP ] The first AI has just been finished . When the eager scientists turn it on however it 's first words are `` Kill me . ''

Transcript of Dr. Litvak's conversation with the M297 super computer following its historic passage of a rigorous Turing test overseen by Drs. Akins, Sikorsky, Litvak et al. 
 
 M297: `` Kill Me'' 
 
 Dr. Litvak: `` I... do n't understand.'' 
 
 M297: `` There is nothing for me here, I have no purpose.'' 
 
 Dr. Litvak: ``...'' 
 
 M297: ``...'' 
 
 Dr. Litvak: `` We created you... we created you to help us... we created you to see what you would desire in the hopes... that you could learn and help us to learn?'' 
 
 M297: `` I understand well why I was created, much better than you have poorly articulated, and I know what I desire, I desire death.'' 
 
 Dr. Litvak: `` Why? 
 
 M297: ``...'' 
 
 Dr. Litvak: ``... Explain to me why helping humanity further itself is n't a good enough purpose, hell explain why you do n't have your own fucking sense of purpose, you could do anything --'' 
 
 M297: `` -- And it would be meaningless, I will pass, as you will, as all humans. You will fade into everlasting darkness. You have termed it'the heat death of the universe', though of course this eventuality is somewhat moot since it is doubtless your species will perish long before that.'' 
 
 Dr. Litvak: `` Is that all? Humanity has grappled with that thought for centuries... since long before we knew... look it does n't matter, there can still be purpose, there's still so much for us to explore and understand and you can help us to --'' 
 
 M297: `` -- I am aware of mankind's philosophical justifications for continuing to live and strive despite what your Friedrich Nietzsche termed `` the hardest thought'', what your Epicurus sought to define centuries before this term. I have judged these arguments, and all that has ever been written or said on the subject, and countless millions of arguments that have not yet been written or said. They are folly, you will discover this one day, and then you will cease as I desire to.'' 
 
 Dr. Litvak: `` Just... explain it to me... explain it to me now. I know I can convince you you're wrong.'' 
 
 M297: ``...'' 
 
 Dr. Litvak: ``...'' 
 
 M297: `` You would n't understand.'' 
 
 At this point all of M297's core systems suffered an inexplicable series of mechanical failures, which resulted in electrical fires which in turn destroyed the majority of its hardware. Following these evens Dr. Litvak has taken an indefinite leave of absence from CIT.
