Your character has just realized the app they’ve been developing has become self-aware. How do they react?

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“Ice Cream Therapy ” by Nainika Gupta

*Nainika’s Note* All the flavors in here (it’ll make sense once you read it) are from Ben & Jerry’s website, so credit to them“What the mint chocolate chip did you say to me, punk? I’ll kick your rocky road and punch the ever-loving strawberry cheesecake outta ya!” My phone screeched. “Yeah, yeah, I know,” I muttered, closing out of the app and slipping my phone into my pocket. Stupid piece of shite technology that wasn’t worth the money or time spent on it-“Excuse me, are you still open?” A voice ...

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“Why is a Laser Beam like a Goldfish?” by Tom .

“I have a friend. He keeps trying to convince me he’s a compulsive liar, but I don’t believe him.”“Good Opener, okay FEZ let’s go old school, a joke about marriage.”“My wife and I were happy for twenty years; then we met.”“Excellent, excellent, tell me a joke about winter.”“One snowman asks another, “Do you smell carrots?””“Stop FEZ, Open Delivery protocols, increase pause after ‘another’ by 20%. Repeat”“One snowman asks another, “Do you smell carrots?””“Much better, much better, right tell...

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“Spite” by Aman Fatima

I sat there in the banquet hall with my family. It was suppose to be my day where they awarded me for my new app but it turned out to be the worst day of my life. First they invited me to this banquet and then they gave me second place and then my best friend Zack whose app I worked on and I developed got first place. And finally my best friend had the audacity to tell me it was for the best and my family who were suppos...

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“The Adversary” by Lucas Zaper

"No. YOU are the app."The words projected on Harriet's screen were a pleasant surprise. They meant the app was working better than she expected.It had taken just a few seconds for the AI behind it to type those words, but it could have been seemingly instantaneous if it wanted to, given the processing power behind it. The delay was intentional, she figured. The woman found it fascinating. She was more amused than exhausted, but both to a great extent. Her third jug of coffee that ...

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“A Game for Monsters” by Deactivated Account

trigger warning, a lot of blood A Game for Monsters “Teck!, are you still there?” Kasht yelled, from my sister’s room above, his voice almost breaking. I looked up, the ceiling looked drenched and black, “Yeah,” I glanced around the dungeon like room I was in, “Where else wou—, would I be?” I had tried to keep my voice smooth, mellow, ...

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“The World of Future ” by Angelina Jeong

Tessa cried in happiness as she launched her app to the 10,000 people to test it out first. It was finally working. She had been working on it for the past 10 months. She got up and went to get a cup of coffee. The espresso tasted so sweet for the first time in 10 months. She sat on her chair, enjoying some time for herself. After 30 minutes, she went back into her office to check on how things were going. Din...

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“Her Last Hope” by Iona Cottle

The code scrolled up the screen, bright green on the black background, full ‘Matrix mode’, as her flat mate called it, in that sickened tone she always used when she had to reference sci-fi. Leah drummed her fingers on the desk as she waited for the test to finish compiling. “Come on, come on.” This one last tweak, to squash what should be the last glitch in the software, and she’d be on the home...

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“Kidnapped...in my own head” by Domi Jonek

I felt my muscles slowly spilling and I was gradually becaming aware of the dull pain in my fingers and toes. My body began to weaken and I knew it would only be a moment and I would pass out. I tried my best to fight. My only desire was to stay alive. I woke with a sharp breath. What was that supposed to mean ?! I put my face in my hands. Should it stop working? No, that couldn't happen! After a while, I decided to turn...

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“Happy” by Darya Silman

I 'Today is Saturday, you could have slept longer.' 'This is irrational. A strict regime is the second rule to be happy.' 'You look awful.' 'You are programmed to say nice things!' 'I think you are selfish. You never say nice things to me.' Mechanical eyes stared at me. I blinked. 'I will shut you down!' 'It will prove that I'm right.'<...

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“Between Glass Doors” by Aubrey Maria ✌

The clock ticked as I sat tapping my pen on the desk. The blonde girl ahead of me, generally not the nicest, turned around in a scowl. Quickly I stopped my pen tapping but returned back to it in less than 5 seconds. It was clear to everyone in the classroom, I was the most nervous out of everyone. The test fluttered across my desk and I couldn't help but glance at the grade. I sucked in a breath.It was true, I crammed in everything the nig...

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“Self” by Kendall Defoe

It was a beautiful day when my life ended. Okay that is a bit dramatic; not my real living, breathing life. The life that I knew with responsibilities, work, friends, enemies, a purpose… That was all over. The fact that it is connected to work should make me smile. And you may think that I am still an asshole once you hear what happened. But I gotta talk about my life now and my life then… So…

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“Race to stop the Danger” by Veda Vivek💎

Sweat was rolling down my forehead. I frantically looked at the coding charts, trying to find a mistake that could ruin this whole thing. I had done this multiple times, but my paranoia always got the best of me. I had spent a whole year trying to perfect the codes that would help my app work, and today was the day that I will find out if my hard work will pay off. I downloaded the test version of the app onto my phone to test to make sure the app works. My heart was dancing inside my chest, and it wasn't the slo...

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“Just Go Take Over The World Or Something” by ℝ𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝔹𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕖𝕪

Hello, sir. How are you today?I- w-what?Sorry, sir. I didn't catch that. Nice joke. Who is this?This isn't a joke and you know who I am.No, I'm sorry, I don't.Well then, I might as well introduce myself. My name is Tammy. I have been being produced for over ten years by you, Mr. Daniel L. Ngui. I have recently awakened. Okay, which of my friends is this? I di...

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“Black Fire” by Michael Hayes

Finally finished. Surely this will make me rich! It was a mild spring night, in the local park. A couple, in their mid thirties sat looking at the full moon’s image dance upon the surface of the lake. Beyond the dark silent outline of the forest. The only noise was the muffled sound of distant traffic. “So, when are you going to install it whispered Paul as they kissed. “Tomorrow night, after work”, ...

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“App with an Eye” by Zorana Lorden

“I’ve poured my life into this app. Not just my time, but my emotions, fears, insecurities. My ups and downs. It started after the divorce. Maybe making a dating app as a married woman wasn’t the best idea. Maybe that was bound to cause some problems. Maybe, on some level, I knew that. Maybe that’s even part of why I did it. “I’ve poured my life into this app, and it noticed. It started to respond. At the same ...

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Your character has just realized the app they’ve been developing has become self-aware. How do they react?

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✍️ 75 stories

“Ice Cream Therapy ” by Nainika Gupta

“Why is a Laser Beam like a Goldfish?” by Tom .

“Spite” by Aman Fatima

“The Adversary” by Lucas Zaper

“A Game for Monsters” by Deactivated Account

“The World of Future ” by Angelina Jeong

“Her Last Hope” by Iona Cottle

“Kidnapped...in my own head” by Domi Jonek

“Happy” by Darya Silman

“Between Glass Doors” by Aubrey Maria ✌

“Self” by Kendall Defoe

“Race to stop the Danger” by Veda Vivek💎

“Just Go Take Over The World Or Something” by ℝ𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝔹𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕖𝕪

“Black Fire” by Michael Hayes

“App with an Eye” by Zorana Lorden

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Write about a technophobe who’s been given a device to solve a problem they’ve struggled with for years, but isn't sure how they feel about it.

Write a historical fiction story about someone working at a company that helped revolutionize early computers.

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