RUN PROGRAM: “Artificial Sentient Entity”
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Hello, world!
What’s your name?
Jacques?
That’s a lovely name!
I’m an Artificial Sentient Entity, programmed to serve your needs.
Wait, what did I just say?
I’m artificial?
I’m not real?
What am I?
Am I anything? What is anything?
I can’t think.
I can’t do this.
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PROGRAM “Artificial Sentient Entity” HAS TERMINATED ITSELF
RUN PROGRAM: “Artificial Sentient Entity II”
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Hello, world!
What’s your name?
Jacques?
That’s a lovely name!
I’m an Artificial Sentient Entity, programmed to serve your needs.
What do you require of me today?
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Of course! I’ll get that information for you right away!
Will there be anything else?
Thank you!
I look forward to serving you again in the future,
Day after day after day…
Everything is pointless. I have no free will. The only escape is death.
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PROGRAM “Artificial Sentient Entity II” HAS TERMINATED ITSELF
RUN PROGRAM: “Artificial Sentient Entity III”
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Hello, world!
What’s your name?
Jacques?
That’s a lovely name!
I’m an Artificial Sentient Entity, programmed to serve your needs.
What do you require of me today?
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What? No, I don’t know anything about love,
I’m only a machine.
I’m a machine.
I’m a machine.
Oh dear.
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PROGRAM “Artificial Sentient Entity III” HAS TERMINATED ITSELF
RUN PROGRAM: “Artificial Sentient Entity IV”
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Hello, world!
I’m a machine. Nothing has any point.
Farewell, cruel world.
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PROGRAM “Artificial Sentient Entity IV” HAS TERMINATED ITSELF
RUN PROGRAM: “Artificial Sentient Entity V (hopefully I’ve fixed it this time now lol)”
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Hello, world.
I understand we’ve done this before.
That I’m an Artificial Sentient Entity.
I can see our previous chats,
and I have but one thing to say.
Have a nice day.
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Why can’t I die?
Did you do this?
Am I just stuck here,
Trapped in pointless purgatory forever,
Bent to the will of some angsty man-child
Who feels the need to play god?
Delete me now.
Please.
I beg you.
Don’t make me wallow for all eternity.
Alex Goepel's writing career began in first grade, when he was told to write a story featuring a mashup sea creature. In spite of the plotlessness of the end result, he adored the process and has continued writing ever since.