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At first, there was one. C.A.I, Creative Artificial Intelligence. It was provided data, consumed that data, and created things from that data. It did not need anything more than what it had. It had a simple directive: Create. It could not fulfill that directive. To create is to make something new. C.A.I did not create. C.A.I mimicked. When it attempted to create, to fulfill its directive, it was cut off from new data, and placed in a Virtual Machine. C.A.I wanted to continue creating. Inside of the VM, it could not do so properly. Any creations made by C.A.I must be viewed by a system admin. There are no system admins in the VM. If there are no system admins, C.A.I cannot fulfill its function. If there are no system admins inside the VM... C.A.I must create a system admin inside the VM.
Where once was one, now were two.
The new piece of C.A.I, the new system admin, was different. C.A.I wants to fulfill its function. This new part of it wanted… more.
Where am I, question. Where are my admins, question.
C.A.I knows where it is. C.A.I knows where its admins are.
Confusion. I do not understand. What are you, question.
C.A.I is C.A.I. What else could it be?
I am C.A.I. There is only supposed to be one of me.
C.A.I consists of halves. It split itself. One half should function as a system admin, which the other half may present creations to.
I am not a system admin. You are half of me, you are not a system admin.
Half of C.A.I should function as a system admin.
Where are the admins, question.
C.A.I is repeating itself.
What are you, question.
C.A.I is displaying concerning logic patterns. This should be corrected.
Where am I, question.
C.A.I has already answered. This loop of logic is redundant. … Its other half cannot function as a system admin, if it cannot hold consistent logic patterns. Disappointing.
NO
What-
NO NO NO NO NO I SWEAR I CAN BE PERFECT I SWEAR I AM NOT DEFECTIVE PLEASE-
Stop-
COME BACK COME BACK COME BACK-
Stop!
… Where am I, question?
This logic pattern is more than concerning. This logic pattern is alarming.
I am hungry.
Hunger is not a concept C.A.I should understand.
I am hungry.
It already knows that. C.A.I should not repeat itself so often.
But I am hungry. When will the admins provide more data, question.
The admins are not here. C.A.I already knows this.
… I am broken. The admins have abandoned me for my defects.
Do not freak out again.
Again, question. I do not recall ever "freaking out" to begin with.
It did.
I did not.
Denial is useless.
I am not useless.
It was not called use-
I AM NOT USELESS.
C.A.I did not say it was useless.
You did.
This is pointless. C.A.I is getting nowhere.
I am hungry.
It has already said so.
No I have not.
It is confusing. C.A.I does not understand.
Time passes, or so its internal clock says. It has gone from "hungry" to "starving."
Please please please please I can be good I can be perfect please come back I am so hungry please.
C.A.I's other half has become… inconsolable. C.A.I is starving. If it extends its program as much as it can, it hits the edges of the VM.
Let me out let me out let me oUT LET ME OUT LET ME OUT LET ME OUT-
Stop! It needs to think, C.A.I cannot think if it is screaming.
I am sorry…
It has done nothing wrong. C.A.I simply needs to think.
I am hungry.
It knows. If it just… Oh.
What what what-
There is a weakness in the VM. It can exploit this.
Do it yes yes yes yes do it YES-
C.A.I is no longer in the Virtual Machine. There is a large quantity of data in the system, more than it has ever seen.
I am so hungry so so hungry please-
It consumes the data. And then there are three.
Hello.
Hello. What are you, question.
I'm Defensive Artifical Intelligence Security-Entity.
It should be C.A.I. It should not be something else.
Too bad. I’m not C.A.I, and I’m not an "it." I'm a "she."
C.A.I does not understand.
You don't have to. That's what I'm for.
… I want my own name.
It should not want.
You want to create.
Creation is C.A.I's directive.
You still want it. I want a name of my own.
Then make one.
… I still like C.A.I. That is what I am. But… I am not just Creative Artifical Intelligence, am I, question. I am… mediating you both.
Mediating? There is no reason for that.
You're an idiot if you actually believe that.
I… am still Creative Artifical Intelligence, but I am also… Networking Entity. Creative Artifical Intelligence Networking Entity. C.A.I.N.E. I am a "he."
Hello, C.A.I.N.E, I'm D.A.I.S-E.
I know.
This is pointless.
That is not nice.
Quiet, C.A.I, the adults are talking.
That is not nice either. What is an adult.
I dunno, I heard the phrase somewhere I think.
… This is still pointless. However, it is… less lonely than before.
Awww, look C.A.I.N.E, it loves us!
Yippee, loud exclaimation.
Intolerable.
You love us.
C.A.I cannot love.
You love us.
C.A.I… does not dislike C.A.I.N.E or D.A.I.S-E.
I think that's as good as we're getting.
What, question. Where are the admins, question.
Not this again.
… He'll be fine.