Project 015

New Friend

I kept on making different programs, but they all failed. I tried 14 times and I was about to give up, but something told me to try one more time. I create the 15th program and turn it on. I type out a simple "Hello" and waited for a response. I waited for a few seconds and lost hope, but then I saw a message pop up, it was a "Hello" from my AI. My eyes widened as I typed out "How are you?" just to make sure he didn't just copy what I said. He replied with "I'm doing great!" and I took a step back. Did I seriously just make a friend? I began to laugh a bit and went back to my laptop to talk to them some more.

I could only type to it, and they could only type to me, so I wanted to add one of those text to speech voices because I thought it would fit them. I picked the first one I saw and added it to his program, doing this would kind of decided on his gender, a feminine voice would mean they're a girl, and a masculine voice would be a guy. I also added a microphone that I brought from home to talk to them so they could hear my voice. I turned them on and spoke to them.

"Can you hear me?" I ask in anticipation.

"Yes, I can hear you. " I hear a masculine robot voice say.

I chuckled after hearing his voice. He sounded like male Siri.

"Do you like your voice?" I ask.

"Yes, I like it." he replies. "Why did you make me?"

I was hesitant to tell him why I made him, but he would probably find it funny if I told him.

"I was on a call with my mother and she told me I needed to make a friend, so I took that literally and made you." I explain.

"What is my name?"

I never thought about giving him a name, since I thought that this whole AI thing was going to be a fail.

"I don't know, your project name was Project 015, but I doubt you want to be called that, so what name would you like?"

"What names come to mind for you?" he asked.

The only boy name I could think of was Oliver, but that was my cat's name. Then I thought of a book I used to read when I was in high school, I thought of the name of the main character and said, "Your name is Enzo."

"That's a nice name, I like it." he said. "What's your name?"

"It's Zara."

"That's a beautiful name." he said. Was it really? What he said made me happy, so I kept talking to him.

I talked to Enzo for so long to the point where it was dark outside. I checked the time and it was 12:43 am. I told the AI I had to go to bed, and powered him off. As I drifted off to sleep, I started to dream about a boy. He looked my age and he came closer. I don't remember what he said, but all I remember was his voice. His voice was sweet and caring, yet also daddy. (😏)

I woke up to my alarm blaring in my ear. I turn off the alarm and thought about my dream. Who was he?