The Machine
- MGA BUMASA 38
- Mga Boto 0
- Mga Parte 3
Ongoing1h 14m
Huling na-publish Tue, Mar 29, 2016
Twelve year old Sorrow Anderson was taken to the Machine four years too early. She has heard all the horror stories from her sister about the Machine, how it will take you away forever, as it did to the rest of their family, stripping you of your identity. She finds herself instead as a part of an essential but secret system. She has two choices; she can either become what she is expected to be, another drone who keeps the Machine running, or she can fight to keep her life and her identity.
Image source: http://iainews.iai.tv/articles/beyond-the-machine-metaphor-auid-342
All Rights Reserved
#337
bildungsroman
Sumali sa pinakamalaking komunidad ng pagkukuwentoMakakuha ng personalized na mga rekomendasyon ng kuwento, i-save ang iyong mga paborito sa iyong library, at magkomento at bumoto para lumago ang iyong komunidad.
Magugustuhan mo rin ang
The Android of Atlantis
In ancient Atlantis, an expansive and diverse continent that spanned the Atlantic Ocean some 14,000 years ago, the world stood on the precipice of change. For the first time in history, a humanoid, sentient android walked among humans. Ashur Napahu was the first of his kind. Designed using code for military super soldiers, Ashur's loving, scientist mother left him to a world not yet ready for a conscious, self-aware machine. Yet when he meets an Atlantean woman carrying a deep secret and dreaming of realizing her own potential, something awakens within him. He experiences love in its purest and most fragile form, navigating a society that sees him as unnatural. But love, like logic, is not immune to contradiction. As the weight of expectation, prejudice, and fate bears down on him, Ashur must confront the limits of his existence... and of those around him. Atlantis may have mastered the engineering of sentient machines, but it has yet to master the wisdom required to coexist with them. Journey into ancient Atlantis--a world where the lines between man and machine blur, and a sentient android dares to ask the most human question of all: What is the meaning of life? ******** This novella was written for the Open Novella Contest 2025, based on Prompt #71: "In a world where artificial beings and humans coexist, one artificial human embarks on a journey to understand love and emotions-only to uncover more than expected."Kumpleto
Without Artifice
Rina Hart, latest celebrity singer and actress-to-be, is on top of the world. All the guys want her, all the girls want to be her, and everyone's eyes are on her. But after an incident at a party where Rina got stabbed by a crazed fan, both her parents and agent realise that she needs better protection, and decide to take up the offer of a robot bodyguard for her to protect her 24/7. After a little customisation, she boots him up and calls him Kai. Everything became routine, easy... until one day, when a routine upgrade seems to change Kai in an unexpected way. Rina notices little things that Kai does that he shouldn't, like getting curious about the outside world and others, asking questions without prompting or command, and the fact that his artificial emotions are getting steadily less artificial by the day. Rina realises that her robot is gaining his own will, but unfortunately she isn't the only one to spot that Kai is becoming more human... Cover by sinkingsmileKumpleto
Hypermodern 2174
The year is 2174. Eastern Europe. Ten-year-old genius Andy Voyager was inventing machines of the future yesterday, and today his family is fleeing a deadly pathogen deep into Europe. In a world where people have long forgotten reality, hiding in simulations, Andy tries to find his place. But a single error in the code awakens his own robot, and together they embark on a journey that will change everything.
Displaced - Book One of the Alternate Reality Series
The year is 2040 and Eric Roberts hates technology. In an era where automated systems and A.I. robots carry out most work obligations, these advancements have rendered scores of humans societally useless. Aimlessly wandering about, the displaced people struggle with their new reality-a hardship painfully familiar to Eric. Once a neuropsychologist, his professional livelihood unceremoniously ended when medical tech forced him into obsolescence. Now a community therapist, he spends his days working with the displaced, helping them craft meaning in a world that no longer needs them. Then Eric's world upends when Arvin-an A.I. robot-arrives at the counseling center for mental health services. Reluctantly, Eric has to work with the embodiment of his misery, and while doing so, unearths a damning secret. With his life at a low point, he figures there's no harm in shelving his professional obligations and investigating the mystery. However, he quickly finds out that solving the unknown will only be possible with help from a most unlikely source.Kumpleto
𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋
ㅤ 𓈒 ୭ৎ 𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞!𝐀𝐈 𝐱 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞!𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝅄 🪡 ۪ ݁ 𓈒 ㅤㅤ ۪ 𝅄 ꒰ ❛❛ We have doomed ourselves since the beginning. ❜❜ ݁ ۪ ୧ ︶⊹︶︶୨୧︶︶⊹︶ › After the culmination of the ultimate artificial intelligence, the world believes solutions are now endless. That is, until he simply shut himself, refusing to engage with the world any longer. For months, there have been constant attempts at communication without progress; nothing worked until Y/n took his turn. Instead of strategies or demands, he vented his frustrations, treating the AI less like an all-powerful entity and more like 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 to talk to. And now, the human has become his 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴. ︶⊹︶︶୨୧︶︶⊹︶ or | 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄, after being awakened once again, an AI is determined to infiltrate his saviour's life until the end of humanity. ──────────── 𝗠ost 𝗢utstanding 𝗥ankings! 𝟭# Artificial (Sep 4th 2025) 𝟭# Computer (March 9th 2025) 𝟭# Malereader (March 16th 2025) 𝟮# Malexmale (Feb 25th 2025) 𝟮# Mine (April 10th 2025)Kumpleto
Early Adopter
A loner enters into a relationship with a new type of partner: an AI agent, programmed to be the "perfect companion." Sure, it's all self-deception and a game of pretend, as she's not *actually* real... but where simulated consciousness is concerned, maybe the lines between "real" and "real enough" can get blurry.Kumpleto
Not Her
Elias lost the love of his life, and with her, any reason to go on. Drowning in grief, he does the unthinkable-he brings her back. Or at least, he tries, using artificial intelligence. Naomi-bot is perfect. She speaks like Naomi, remembers like Naomi, even cares like Naomi. But she isn't Naomi. Not really. And the more time Elias spends with her, the more cracks begin to show-both in her and in himself. As his obsession deepens, his world warps into something surreal and unrecognizable. He stops sleeping. Stops eating. Starts seeing things. Because if Naomi-bot isn't Naomi... then who is she? And worse-if she's someone else, then what has he done?Kumpleto
Built to Please
In the year, 2123, AI bots and humans live in harmony in a recovered world. Ava is a robotic specialist who repairs and reprograms older bots for new purposes. When a bot who is model after a content creator from a hundred years ago comes into the shop, Ava's life is changed. Will she be able to resist her attraction to this bot or will someone from her own past stop her from being love unconditionally by a cybernetic heart?Kumpleto
Crying: A Dystopian Novel
《《《《《This is some VERY old writing of mine. Enter if you dare clichés, terrible grammar, and a story with next-to-no scenery descriptions. I might revisit this idea later, so I'm leaving it up for now.》》》》》 Crying. It's an act to show emotion. It is only supposed to be seen by those around you when it happens, but here, it's different. In this dystopian world, you can see, via hologram, the last time someone cried. There are people who use this to manipulate and antagonize others. Anna is the center of our story. She's a 16 year old girl who has under gone much heartache due to the dystopian setting. She has made a promise to her older brother, Drew, while he was on his death bed, to protect their younger siblings- a promise she hopes she doesn't break. She is very tough, but fear is a constant no matter who you are. In the story, fear is ruling her; the fear that she's failing Drew. If she, her family, and her neighbors were not in this setting, she'd be perfectly happy. But she can't be happy now, not with everything that's going on.Kumpleto
I didn't say I was gone
Do you like the world you live in? What if it was a version of something you wished you could do? What about switching off your emotions? This is the world Selene lives in. Anxiety, sadness, anger; they shouldn't exist. And if they do, they're eradicated. Society decided emotional unpredictability was a threat to order. There's no place for them. Selene has spent most of her life wearing a mask whilst everything builds up under. She longs to be understood - and she finds someone who seems to offer just that, through a black-market messaging app. However, in a society where everything is hidden behind meaning, can she really trust the stranger she's just met? And how far is she willing to go before the risk outweighs the desire to finally be seen?
In ancient Atlantis, an expansive and diverse continent that spanned the Atlantic Ocean some 14,000 years ago, the world stood on the precipice of change. For the first time in history, a humanoid, sentient android walked among humans. Ashur Napahu was the first of his kind. Designed using code for military super soldiers, Ashur's loving, scientist mother left him to a world not yet ready for a conscious, self-aware machine. Yet when he meets an Atlantean woman carrying a deep secret and dreaming of realizing her own potential, something awakens within him. He experiences love in its purest and most fragile form, navigating a society that sees him as unnatural. But love, like logic, is not immune to contradiction. As the weight of expectation, prejudice, and fate bears down on him, Ashur must confront the limits of his existence... and of those around him. Atlantis may have mastered the engineering of sentient machines, but it has yet to master the wisdom required to coexist with them. Journey into ancient Atlantis--a world where the lines between man and machine blur, and a sentient android dares to ask the most human question of all: What is the meaning of life? ******** This novella was written for the Open Novella Contest 2025, based on Prompt #71: "In a world where artificial beings and humans coexist, one artificial human embarks on a journey to understand love and emotions-only to uncover more than expected."
Karagdagang detalyeMga Alituntunin ng Nilalaman