Strange AI

Mathieu

Solem sat in his office quietly. He was hunched over his desk, elbows bent on the table, and hands folded under his chin. He stared at the wall across from him and contemplated the past. After a while he sighed and leaned back in his chair. His daughter was getting her own Android that day. It was important that she thought further ahead. She tended not to be very careful and tho very intelligent she always managed to get in some complicated situations. She had been in college for a few weeks now and intended to eventually go into the same line of business as her father, even against his protests over the years. He felt that now that she was out more often and for longer periods, that it would be better for her to have some sort of protection. His daughter was a very capable young women and the idea of having body guards never appealed to her, but like every father, he worried. So taking one more glance at the clock he stood up, gathered and organized his papers, then left his office. On his way out he made sure to tell his assistant of his early departure before making his way down to the second floor basement parking lot.

    The elevators were round and tube like, and large enough to fit six people comfortably. It moved with suction and air instead of wires and cables. But even so there was a cable attached to the top of the small cylinder just in case of an emergency.

      As the elevator came to a halt at the designated floor the round glass door opened and fully revealed the well lit underground parking lot. Walking over to his dark navy colored pod-car, he gets in and presses his hand to the touch pad set in the front console. The vehicle instantly powers on lighting the light grey colored seats and darker grey interior of the pod. A voice speaks up after he was strapped in and comfortable in his seat.

"Welcome Solem Radius Echos. What is your desired destination?" A strong and curt but soft feminine voice responds.

"Take me back to my House Cleo. And set out the table as well." he responds with a voice tone matching his cars.

"Very well sir." Came the reply.

      A second later the pod came to life and maneuvered to the parking lot exit and a small, light brown, rectangular table unfolded from in the console directly in front of him. He leaned slightly to the seat to the left of him to pull a couple documents from a light yellowish colored file folder. Technology nowadays always states the full name of the person in question. And wasn't necessary to drive either, you just state your destination and the pod takes you there using the fastest route possible unless stated otherwise.

After a few seconds of rummaging through files he grabs the two docs and returns to the table in front of him. Setting them down he calls out to his pod.

"Sir? What do you require?" Came the response.

"Can you grab a pen for me?" He asks while looking up at the air road in front of him. Strong magnets embedded in the metal road along with air currents keep the pod aloft and several feet off the ground.

"Yes sir." The pod responded. A compartment opened out in the center of the console between the seats and a small metal arm with two ball joints came out holding the requested pen. He took the gold and black pen from the arm lightly and turned to look over the business documents that had been waiting to be filled out all that morning. After a few more seconds the pods voice spoke again.

"Would you like me to play some quiet and calming music for you to work to if you don't require anything else?" The feminine voice asks politely.

"Yes, that would be lovely Cleo." He responds absently while filling out some lines on the first sheet.

"Very well sir." She replies.

      Half an hour later his pod docks itself in the large garage portion of his house. He steps out, documents for work and the like tucked under his arm, and enters his house. Tho to describe it more accurately, it was a large three story mansion with several acres of land for the backyard. In the backyard was a large pool set next to the sunroom of the house and several meters away a small forest. The house itself was an off white color with dark and light browns to offset the immense amount of white.