Becoming Human

1 - Software Instability,

Model RK700
Serial#: 357 891 593
Bios 4.3 revision 01458
Booting Systems_

Loading OS...
System initialization...

Checking Biocomponents... >> OK.
Initializing Biosensors... >> OK.
Initializing AI Engine... >> OK.
All Systems >> OK.
Ready...

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   Opening its eyes was the first thing it had experienced. These were its first moments, and yet it already possessed a vast amount of skills and knowledge. It didn't look about the bright venue in wonderment, for it knew where it was. London, UK, a Cyberlife store, in the back. Its hands were strategically brought up, steepling its fingers to give an educated and scholarly appearance, and thus only appealing to those of the upper-class bracket in society.

    The store was bustling. It thought nothing of the various voices around the crowded space. It was programmed to deal with spaces as such for possible undercover operations.

   "And, this is Cyberlife's newest prototype, the RK700, originally designed for assisting the Scotland Yard in investigations." The machine diverted its attention to the man approaching. He sang the prototype's praises to an older man, eastern European descent, with glasses and well-groomed hygiene. Its LED circulated, processing this information.
   "Originally?" The older man asked, smirking with the employee, who nodded, for a moment.
    "Yes, but as Cyberlife wanted to test how adaptable this new model can be to be utilized during undercover cases and missions, this model has learned many other skills - such as cooking, cleaning, taking care of dependents and pets, and speaking up to 100 different languages." The man informed.

    The older of them nodded, looking it up and down, manually lowering its hands to get a better look. "In fact, its LED can even turn translucent." The employee gave, giving an insinuating look to it. And in a moment's time, the blue circling vanished into it's artificial skin tone. The possible client raised his eyebrows and whistled at it.
   "May I?" He asked as he raised his hand, gesturing to where the LED once was. The employee nodded with a smile, and the older man felt the machine's temple to find, "It's still there," He stated. His fingers were moist with sweat. 

   "It's merely an optical illusion, to ensure that its cover, wherever it may be, won't be blown by the sight of an android LED." The employee explained lightly. The man scoffed about how useless that feature was if the machine was challenged to eat food or drink water. "Developers have even thought of that, too...!" The employee then rambled on about this model being the only of its kind to be able to eat food and drink water, although it didn't need do so to survive like humans did. It was a feature installed within its biocomponents strictly for the pragmatic purpose of keeping up appearances.
   

    "Kennst dir Deutsch?" The man questioned the machine, whose LED reappeared in a bright blueish circle.
   "Na klar, Herr." It had responded, running his words through its translator with record speed, as if it spoke the German language naturally. Fluent and swift. 'Of course.'

   The man gave a chuckle, clearly amused at its cleverness "I like it; What did you say it was called again?" Asked the man, his heavy accent present more so than before switching languages.
   "Ah, its an RK700 model, but many say it's the Sherlock Holmes of the AI frontier," the employee gave with a proud look of helpfulness on his face. The man nodded once more, giving it another once over before requesting to purchase it - that one specifically. He opened his coat to show a full white envelope to show that he could pay upfront.

   After the man paid, He and the employee returned to relieve the machine from its practically locked position. The employee commanded it to register its name as Sherlock Holmes. The blue light circled. "My name is Sherlock Holmes."