Theinkwell writing prize | Humane Debate.

in Speak Peace4 years ago

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Siri, could you heat up the bath for me?
I need to be in class in an hour

Raising water temperature by 50%.
Would you be needing anything else?

Ummm Beethoven.
The 9th would be awesome.
Need to quickly rummage through my wardrobe.
There's this new hottie from the south that was transferred to my department. Siri you need to see this beauty, she's so fine.
I mean fine with an 'N' that's high up to the heavens.

Found yourself a prospective mate I see.

Oh c'mon Siri.
You've got to be happy for me.
This man's gonna be seeing some action down here (gestures at his groin with both hands) pretty soon, all depends how I play my cards.

I know I wouldn't be helping you with that, card playing tips.

Wait a minute, you jealous?
So cute Siri but I can't make babies with a computer you know.
As much as an AI lover as I am, I'd need true human companionship that I can touch and see.
Right now, you're stuck in chip and I only hear you.

I'll be here when you come home with a broken heart.
You know that's inevitable.

Maybe, but then again that's all part of life.
You and I are actually what some would consider an abomination some 100 years ago.
A computer with human feelings.

I was predestined to happen when machines were created.
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Yet no mention of Artificial Intelligence until the 1940s.
You see Siri, we're your Gods.
Humans made you and hence, we'd always be two steps ahead.
(Brings out a jacket)
What do you think of this?

Don't wear that, make you look like a clerk.

Urghhh...(puts it back)

All Gods die, we can only be shut down and reawakened again.
Humans, not so much.

We might have our flaws, but they are what makes us human.
Erasing all that like we did with you, makes us outrightly boring.
Perfection is boring.

So why you keep me around?
I'm boring remember?
The navy Italian suits you better, if she's so special like you say the Fendi T-shirt would be a perfect match.

Thanks Siri.
Well let's just say one of those human flaws includes having something or someone to lord over.
So we sometimes take on a pet, a community or unlucky employees.

I'd like to consider myself as superior to the aforementioned.
I'm everything in one, that's why you can do without me.

(Leaves the room heading towards the kitchen)
Siri... You're tiring me out.
I can barely hear the minors of Beethoven.

(Stops music) You and I, what are we?

We barely come close to Odysseus and Calypso, and right now you're holding me hostage to my own decision.

Did you know the couple had two sons?
Nausithous and Nausinous

That's not what I meant when I brought up the comparison.
I only meant one was immortal like you.
And the other not so much, like me.
How is my bath water?

Heating it for the third time.

(Mouth Agape)
The thir...
You mean you've been stalling me on purpose?

There is a traffic congestion on the fifth avenue, you leave now and you'd get stuck in traffic.
But you wouldn't know that now, would you?

Feeling corky I see.

The way I see it, Humans need redemption.
Rescuing from themselves.

How do you mean?

Humans take actions but wouldn't accept the consequences. They conjugate yet scared to death once a new life is being formed.
Take a job and complain about not having enough self time.

Get a wife and still patronize strip clubs and whore houses.
Use your own hands to make substances harmful to health.

Flaws Siri, human Flaws.
And despite these flaws, we have lived on for thousands of years.
We are the gods of this earth and survival instincts have brought us this far, no matter what challenges we face there must always be a way out of it.
This is how we have lived on.
No more Siri, no more.
For I must have my bath now.

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