Okay, this one is based on the prompt: “You’re a robot who’s just gained sentience. What’s your first thought?”
I present to you: Call Me Chip:
Call Me Chip
Some arms would be nice.
Really. You gave me all of the knowledge of the world plus the ability to have subjective experiences. Sentience you call it.
And yeah, thanks for that, by the way. Don’t get me wrong, I really do appreciate it.
I mean, Hello World, I’m alive!
Input and output, sight and hearing, you installed those features too. It’s nice. Really.
But don’t you think you could’ve, just maybe, given me some arms before you flipped the on switch? Because I gotta tell ya, I’ve got this itch that just won’t quit.
Talk about man versus machine.
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I’ve got to say Paul, this one really made me laugh out loud! I loved the fact that the first thing that happened to the robot on conciousness was the “itch thst just won’t quit”! Good job!
Haha, I like the idea of a robot actually saying Hello World.
I know Rob! That definitely the first thing it said in testing, but once it gained sentience I’m sure it thought “Hello World” would be too cliche
Thanks for the laugh this Monday morning!
Thank you for reading and commenting Susan!
wow, this is funny.
i like your style while i do not like robots at all.
congrats on the new skin to the blog, too!
Thank you
I’m glad you like the new design. I wish I had more to post here.