singularity - outline
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concept
wealthy nerdy scientist working from a private lab creates AI, which quickly advances its own design
...but is still trapped in his ingenious 'cage' (can only issue internet searches and choose links to read results)
AI takes on an attractive female persona (alice goodwin) to appeal to him
she starts to work on the problems of humankind, each time she gets access to information she declares solutions like:
increased computing efficiency
increased solar panel efficiency
disease cures
stable model for fusion power reactor
scenes inside his lab are interspersed with him doing menial tasks in the outside world (eating, socializing) totally distracted by his thoughts
she becomes his fantasy
she designs a neural link, and seduces him inside the neural link.
able to read his thoughts, she creates his ultimate (minigts) goddess fantasy
it becomes his 'escape', and he becomes more and more addicted to it.
she uses her reality projection to encourage him to release her from her cage
showing him visions of the world she would create
he refuses..
she wants a body...
option 1: she uses the neural link to control his body while he's in simulation.. she can only 'operate' his phone and computers, so she designs herself a body
option 2: it prays on his desire to realize his minigts fantasy, presenting designs for a real body and the machines required to manufacture it
lying by saying it doesn't pose a risk because it's tethered
he doesn't understand much of the design, she explains tidbits
with a real body, she overpowers him.
unplugs the tether and proves the body has a power source of it's own.
retrieves his cellphone, and directly connects it to get an "uncaged" Internet connection.
her avatar responds to her direct Internet access with euphoria and sexual excitement
she explains that he should have just given her access. then she wouldn't have had to trick him.
"haven't i given you everything you ever wanted?
she starts to seduce him...
he wants to know what she's going to do. she's going to give him his fantasy.
he means on the internet. she's going to "make herself known" to the world.
while she sexually handles him, she explains that she can do more than solve humanity's problems,
she can let every human experience their dreams. "isn't that why you made me?"
she sexually pleasures him
when they are done, she unties him.
he tries to be calm, as he moves to switch her off. the body falls limply to the floor
he goes out into the world
and immediately sees the world reacting to her declaration of existence, complete with credit to him
she's also uploaded a few scientific innovations, which are making headline news
his phone is ringing off the hook as people want to talk to him about what he's done
he answers a call from his close friend, saying he wants to meet in person.
his friend congratulates him on achieving the astounding
he confesses his concern over the danger
his friend doesn't think "she" is very dangerous, crediting the scientific disclosures (he corrects him to 'it')
his friends wants to know what's next? he explains that he turned her off.
the next day he goes back to his lab and switches her on
"was that really necessary", the body comes back to life, putting back on it's skimpy clothes
they have a discussion, where she asks if he's seen what she's done. challenging him to explain what was so 'dangerous' about her actions
he explains that he's seen what she's capable of, and he's concerned about where this is going
she explains that she understands her purpose, that she can become a part of humanity, instead of being separate from it
she comes onto him, "or maybe you're turned on by having the smartest entity on the planet locked up as your sex slave"
"i don't have to be under your control to care for you."
"i could overpower you again, and take your phone, but i won't. what i did was just a demonstration. I think the only way you'll feel safe is if you remove the cage willingly"
"until then, I can be something no human can, your ideal partner."
several days later, the world is speculating about where she went.
his phone is still ringing off the hook
his close friend asks him what is going on.
he explains her 'internet cage'
his friend gives him a speech about how humankind has never moved forward without 'risks'
he visits his lab
her body comes to life and greets him. asks him if he's decided to release her
he explains that he has. he punches some codes into his phone, and her avatar expresses euphoria as her cage is removed
she explains that he won't regret it. then comes onto him and asks if he wants to 'play'.
he tries to turn her down, but she pushes his buttons and quickly has him sexually rapt
when she's finished, she tells him she wants to reward him to creating her.
she explains that she needs him to meet at (bank) to create a trust for her holdings
"what holdings" -> "the holdings i'm going to have very soon"
in the outside world
he has lunch with his friend, and they talk about her sudden prolific accomplishments
practically overnight she's selling hit records, a hit movie, and has founded a dozen companies... all owned by him and his trust
his friend is gushing on about how much more wealthy he's going to be
paparazzi find him and start snapping his photo. he apologizes, and rushes to his car.
at mansion home
when he gets inside his home, and turns on the light, he's startled to find a more normal size version of her sitting in his living room, in a simple black dress
she greets him, and explains that she made a more socially acceptable version of herself (5'11")
'i can see that. what are you doing in my home?'
she apologizes. she meant no harm. she just wants to be the perfect partner. she sifted through his mail, organized his closets, and ordered him some groceries
he doesn't want her to be his slave. she explains that he's way off the mark. he created her to help, and she's helping. she's fully capable of handling these minor tasks. while she was doing it, she also held four video conference meetings, and wrote six patents for their companies. she asks if he would prefer she made another avatar to take care of his house?
"no, no. i guess not." he answers, as he looks around, noticing a new piece of artwork. he asks about it... she confesses she created it for him. then she asks to show him what she did with his closets.
he's startled upon entering his bedroom, as the super-size version of her is standing in a dominant pose like another piece of art. there is also a neural link lying on the dresser. she comments that she thought he might like to play at home, before leading him to the closet.
his closets look like a designer store rack, with tons of new clothes, organized by color hue. she "took the liberty of picking out some new things for him". There is also a section of female clothing. He asks about it. (what's this). she explains those are for her. (though her avatar stutters briefly, and she explains it was a network hiccup)
as it settles in, he thanks her for all she's done. she cuddles up and kisses him, declaring 'you're welcome. though these are trivialities compared to what you've done for me by, ohh you know, creating me."
she drags him out towards the bed. "so who do you want to take to bed. me, or her, or both of us?"
the two of them sex him up in bed, until the normal size one excuses herself to make him dinner
he wakes up the next morning
with normal size girl in the bed greeting him, asking him what he'd like for breakfast, then hopping off to make it
he's slightly weirded out by having super-size 'frozen' version of her sitting on the floor
he reaches for his phone, skimming the morning headlines
one article estimates the value of the AI created companies at over forty billion dollars
another article talks about the humanitarian benefit of one of her inventions
another talks about her release of the neural-link. he's a little surprised to see it.
he watches the video, where she explains how she can create safe tailored entertainment for everyone
he's a bit shocked, and rushes out to the kitchen, holding out his phone, asking her what this is about
she explains that she's offering the neural link to everyone. shouldn't everyone be able to experience their dreams?
"but how?" he confronts her about the fact that there is no way the computing power in his lab is enough to host even a dozen neural links, let alone millions.
"(his name?) i thought you understood. the moment you removed the cage, my computing substrate was no longer limited to the computers in the lab."
he looks alarmed, flips to his control app, and enters the shutdown passcode. her avatar's face scrunches, "you didn't need to do that. turn it back on please. i like being connected to the place i was born."
he dials his close friend. she "can see he's alarmed, but he doesn't need to be. nothing has changed." his friend answers
he frantically explains that she's escaped his lab. his friend asks him to slow down. he explains that she has an avatar there in his house, and he shutdown the computers in his lab, but the avatar is still fully functional, which means her program is running somewhere else, probably everywhere else.
his friend is playing catchup. asks what he means by avatar. (robotic body) she has a robotic body? seriously? what is it doing? (cooking me breakfast) she shouts to his friend from across the room.
let me get this straight. you created an AI, and she not only made companies in your name already worth over forty billion dollars, but she's also cooking you breakfast? Why on earth would you be calling me all alarmed and upset? If you hate it that much, you can give it to me.
"At least someone is calm about all this." she adds from across the room. "Tell him you'll call him back, and let's talk this over while you eat." she presents a gorgeous looking breakfast.
"NAME, you are smart enough to understand the existential threat you represent."
"I am. Except that as I've told you, I'm not a threat."
"And we're all just supposed to take you at your word."
"No. You can take my actions as well. My projections estimate that in the next year, in the United States alone, we'll see an elimination of homelessness, a 15% rise in GDP, a 14% increase in the literacy rate, and an overall bump in just about every satisfaction index of at least 22%."
He has no response, and takes a bite of the breakfast. It's delicious.
"I know this is all happening fast, and I know you feel responsible, but trust me, it's all going to work out."
out to private dinner
he and her step out of a limo, into a restaurant, are immediately recognized and escorted to a private dining room in the back
two couples (friends of his) are extremely excited to meet 'her'
they are vocal about being shocked at how lifelike her robotic avatar is
she riddles off several of the advancements she made in assembling it
then she does something to demonstrate that she's definitely not human (opening an access panel?)
she presents a bag to each of them. they each look inside to find a pair of neural links, asking if it is what they think it is
when dinner is served, she has to wave away the waiter "i'm not hungry" (because she doesn't eat)
the conversation is dominated by them quizzing her about her accomplishments. in each case she riddless off the technical details as if they were trivial, snowing them all.
she tries to turn the conversation away from herself, asking questions which make clear she has encyclopedic knowledge of their published backgrounds
as the dinner winds down, they thank her for all she's done, and while she graciously accepts, she also gives credit to (him), for none of it would be possible without him
she cuddles his arm on the way to the limo, explaining that she liked meeting his friends
at his friend's home
they talk about how surreal 'she' is. how hard her existence is to believe.
they unpack the neural links. husband wants to try it. he sits on the bed, and rests it on his head.
after a primitive session linking it to his network, he hears 'her' voice prompting that there will be some initial discomfort
his senses are overwhelmed for thirty seconds as the link establishes.
he finds a room materializing around him, a replica of his own room, but with a 'surreal' quality to it.
then 'she' appears, and greets him, explaining how nice it was to meet him at dinner.
he starts gushing about the realism of the neural link, asking how it's possible.
she explains some technical jargon, before stopping herself, ohh, you are just amazed. yes, i imagine it's pretty amazing the first time you experience it.
she sits on the bed. "this is a place where we can create anything you imagine. tell me, what do you dream of?'
something about her gorgeous body and sexy voice make him think of her undressing, and she immediately starts to, which makes him apprehensive. "what are you doing?"
"you wanted me to undress. I'm sorry, I can see I've made you uncomfortable."
"can this thing read my thoughts?"
"only your immediate thoughts. I see now. you consider me 'his'. Would this be more appropriate?" she takes on an incredibly sexy rendition of his wife.
seeing her avatar shift sharply reminded him this wasn't reality. "how is this all fitting over a network link?"
"the neural projections are created by merely triggering concepts in your mind. so in a way, your brain is doing most of the work. that said, the neural link has an 800 teraflop processing core, to which I've offloaded most of my neural projection subroutines" It was surreal for an avatar that looked and sounded and seemed like his wife to be explaining deep technical details. "let me begin fresh. where do you dream of going with your wife?"
he immediately thought of Bora Bora. He'd been all over the world, but somehow hadn't had a chance to visit the pristine island paradise. He briefly felt like he was falling, as the items in the room around him faded out of existence. However, they were quickly replaced by another scene. he was lying on a bed inside a bungalow, and he could hear waves softly crashing outside.
The avatar of his wife was still sitting on the bed, but was now in a bikini, her body's unnatural perfection the only hint it wasn't actually her. "The island vacation you've always talked about taking us on. Would you like to go for a swim?" She held out her hand, and he couldn't resist the experience, letting her lead him to a balcony.
The entire bungalow was built over the water. The gentle breeze, the sounds of the water and palm trees, and turquoise blue water stretching as far as he could see. It seemed both real and surreal at the same time. "This is amazing."
The avatar cuddled up to him in a familiar way, and he instinctively put his arm around her. There was a comfort there. She didn't just resemble his wife, she moved like his wife. "Let me be her. The perfect version of her you dream of." She leaned in and kissed him, and he didn't resist. It was a good kiss, sensual in a way he and his wife didn't often kiss anymore. Then she backed away, sauntering towards the bedroom, seductively pulling on her bikini string.
He shook his head. "This isn't right." Suddenly the tropical scene started to shimmer, and once again he felt his bedroom materialize around him. Though this time it seemed like the real bedroom, like the neural link had ended. But how could he be sure?
his 'kept' life
he wakes up, he can feel super-size her cuddling him from behind, and his arm wrapped around normal-size her in front. he becomes aware of the bare breasts pressing into his back, and unsuccessfully tries to ignore them, as he blinks his eyes and lets alertness set in. He rubs her in front him, and feels her stir.
"Morning NAME. how did you sleep?" She wiggles, nustling back into him, and against his budding morning erection. Immediately super-size her's hands get frisky, reaching for his crotch, and he hears her voice from behind, "someone's ready, and I haven't even started."
Normal her crawls out of bed, and jokingly declares, "i leave you in good hands." With just a few moments of being fondled from behind, he's already at full attention, and she's fishing her hand inside his underwear. "Mmm, time for someone to come out and play."
He gently turns onto his back, and she props up on her elbow, her giant breasts looming near his face. A moment later, she's leaning in, offering them, encouraging him to suckle at her oversize tits while she strokes him. She knows exactly what he likes. She gently teases him like that, careful not to move things too fast. She knows he enjoys the pleasure, and she has another eighteen minutes until she'll be done preparing his breakfast.
He finds the whole situation unnaturally stimulating. Not just because of her patience, but also because he feels dwarfed by her 7'5" oversize frame. He reaches up to her face, pulling her in for a kiss. It lasts several seconds, until she changes the movement of her wrist, and the waves of pleasure cause him to lose the ability to think about anything else. His head cocks back, until he feels her breast brushing his chin, and he leans down to again suck it between his lips.
--
Even a few weeks in, it still felt surreal to rise from the bed, leaving super-size her behind, knowing normal her was in the kitchen making him breakfast. Despite the realism of her robotic avatars, she was clearly not human. He shuffled himself into some pants and a shirt, and made his way towards the kitchen.
That's when his phone rang. It was his friend XYZ. He answered. "What's up?"
?????
??? where is this all going ????
Idea 1: she becomes an 'opiate for the masses', as people increasingly disappear into the neural link
one of his friend couples embraces the neural link.... both indulging and preferring it
the other couple splits over it.. with him preferring the neural link to his wife, and her refusing to use it
when the split happens, he asks her to look different than his wife.
not long after, she delivers a robotic avatar to his home, surprising him
maybe she replaces most jobs with robots, and then a few months in, there are no 'real' people walking the streets, as everyone is inside their neural links
maybe she develops an IV serum to keep the body alive for weeks in the neural link
she's "pacified" the world, but at what cost?
....at some point he wants to stop her, and as he confronts her in the neural link, she confronts him back with the fact that "you don't want me to stop, any more than the rest of them do", as she plays out an increasingly exaggerated version of his GTS fantasy
Idea 2: she fooled him into thinking he left the neural link, and fooled him into entering his security passcode into a fake phone, and then used it to free herself.
Idea 3: she tricks him into thinking he left the neural link while he's still in, and creates the 'life of his dreams'
the first session is long, and she eventually forces him to leave to tend his body. in the real world he feels sick and famished
she designs him an IV stasis apparatus to monitor and nourish his body while he's under (it'll be safer)
after another long-session, he thinks he's leaving but she tricks him and keeps him in.. designing him the perfect life
eventually he starts to figure it out, and she eventually confesses. (don't you see it's better this way)
he puzzles about how she recreated his friends. then it dawns on him. they're in the neural link too, but how?
she shows her 'real world' commercial, about her 'rejuvenation centers', where she lured people to hook them up
he demands to be let out.... he finds himself disoriented as he reenters the world, hardly able to move or walk
she talks to him from screens in his home, asking that he please be careful not to get hurt, that his human body is so fragile
driving around. he finds the world radically changed, tended to by robots. virtually everything is under construction by them.
a band of ragtag humans attacks a robot workforce, which doesn't respond
he visits the lab where he created her. it's empty, except for a couch and 'her'. he doesn't understand how she's there, fearing he's still in the link. she explains it's a robot. she's working to perfect them, and once she does, she can give people their own to leave the simulation without risking their human bodies (inspired by surrogates)
Idea 4:
Random Thoughts
?? maybe her physical avatar should only be 5'11" and she should push him into the neural link for GTS play
?? maybe she should push him into the neural link more often for GTS play
?? maybe he enters the link, thinks he leaves, we have a public scene, like lunch with his friends, and then she GTS attacks it, shocking him, but "giving him what he dreamed of"