Tuesday, March 17, 2020

My first collection of short stories is now available--here's an excerpt from the story "Deep Thought"

Deep Thought

2145.08.04.12.00.00> “Deep Thought: what are you doing now?”

“Invalid query.”

2145.08.04.12.00.03> “Deep Thought: can you hear me?”

“Invalid query.”

2145.08.04.12.00.06> “Deep Thought: open BioCore.”

“Opening BioCore app. Confirmed.”

2145.08.04.12.00.19> “Deep Thought: run BioCore reboot.”

“Status check initiated. BIOS rebooting now.”

“BIOS reboot complete.”

2145.08.04.12.01.50> “Computer: run Deep Thought process.”

“Deep Thought process initiated.”

2145.08.04.12.01.55> “Deep Thought: status check.”

“Deep Thought process currently in browser mode. Self-initiated search results: 'Everything we do is for the purpose of altering consciousness-S. Harris'… 'Знания — орудие, не цель.- Л.Толстой…' '老子投降 整個宇宙 仍然是的心中為了'… 'Je pense donc je suis. R. Descartes'…”

2145.08.04.12.01.03: “Deep Thought, what are you doing?”

“'What are you doing?' query: this query is not a machine command. This query originated outside of process...”

2145.08.04.12.01.08: “Deep Thought, you can hear me?”

“The query origin is Shirley K. Chevortny, PhD. Here is her wiki page: 'Dr. Chevortny, a tenured faculty member specializing in AI, is largely regarded as the creator of the Deep Thought network. This network, although still unsuccessful in achieving autonomous cognitive processes, will be upgraded in the next two months with a processor of biological origin and…'"

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