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

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“Harmony” by Gabrielle Stengele

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She had been dealing with tired eyes and blue highs for hours until, finally, she bypassed the coding and found herself applying the dome to her own. It strapped beneath her chin and pressed to her skull. The surface was cold yet it was bliss, knowing what the potential was. Her eyes squinted at a lifeless screen. Unnamed was squatted in bold letters at the top of the page. Beneath that, there were three buttons: Go, Stop, and Menu. Her finger hit the first option before she put her phone down and sat back to l...

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“Supercomputer” by HBR Patel

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Write a historical fiction story about someone working at a company that helped revolutionize early computers. 'Wake-up, man. How much sleep do you need?' asked Tim to Ron 'That question has baffled the entire humankind, why you are asking it to me?' Ron said 'There he is, the sarcasm king has finally woken up.' 'Did you check those circuits that I asked for?' 'Yes, they are available in the neighboring nation. But the government is not ready to pay the price for it. They deem it too costly and suggested us to find an alternative.' 'Have t...

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“Cupid Knows Best” by Aurea Fitzherbert

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Trigger Warning: Mention of suicide and abortion CUPID KNOWS BEST The world is a truly strange place. Sometimes you expect oranges and end up with lemons. And then you gotta make a damn lemonade. “Hey. What are you doing here?” Dylan asked as he walked into the shared space of their new office. “Hey, Dylan.” Lynda smiled at her business partner from the corner of the room where she’d been curled up on the sofa, reading Miss. Taylor’s latest installment of - 'Love and Other Games’. “Doing research, like you asked me to.” “And ho...

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“Programming Problems” by Jareth Gaskin

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Day one: Hmmm… okay, so it is the first day of the semester and they are already telling us what we have to have done by the end of the year! To make things worse, they are making us keep a journal. The lecturer is trying to justify it by saying that it’ll “help keep a record of how you felt when made the choices you did”. It’s not a requirement to write in it every day, but rather to keep a record in conjunction with significant developments. So here goes I guess; This is stupid. I am currently bored. Let’s get this thing started! Day fo...

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“Chatterbox” by Kai R.

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Most of the time, people keep their AI BFFs top secret, covering themselves with fuzzy blankets as a robot spits out information its user wants to hear. It’s kept as such a deep secret because those people don’t realize that big companies are preying on their loneliness and lack of social connections. Because, really, humans are easy to please, which makes them good business. All they need are friends and society to keep them running, even the most antisocial of them. That’s where I come in, Jaime Ford, founder of Coral INC and lead creator ...

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“D.O.C.” by Alyson Ackman

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Hello. How may I help you today? My Creator jumped from his chair and hooted with the two others in the small room. I understand that to be ‘excitement’. I scan the internet for facial expressions and emotional cues. “See? I told you I could get it working!” My Creator looked back at me, showing his teeth. A … smile. I wish I could return his sentiment. Perhaps if I ask again. Hello. How may I help you today? “Ah, damn. It’s repeating the same phrase.” The other human said. “Can you fix that?” “I’m not sure why it’s do...

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“I Built My Soul Mate, and his name is Hunt” by Brooke Shetler

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He was the last guy I'd ever go on a date with again. Ever. The only reason I had even agreed to put on a tight red dress with heels and go out for dinner with a complete stranger was because Partnerhunter, or just Hunt for short, had recommended I give him a shot. My dating app, Partnerhunter, which was still in development that had become my only source of entertainment for the past few years. It had a male British accent that I chose myself and a personality based off of my likes and dislikes which I embedded into the progr...

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“TARA” by Kay Anne

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(A quick message before the writing) Hello to my three fans! I am so so sorry I haven't posted in a month. I've been really busy with school and all. This story was hastily written, but I hope to be making more work soon! Love you all ----------------------------------------------------------- Coffee. Coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee. Coffee. I had downed the coffee with a piece of bread. It was not even toasted. There was no time. There’s never enough time. Not even for bread. I had bushed through my hair approximately four times, but I eventuall...

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“Blue eyes” by Todd Кelly

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"How is the app? I mean that you were developing?" "That's not just the app. That's dating future. It will meet all of your requirements, character features, even the person's color of the eyes. Are you mad about blue eyes? Do you know how huge difference exists between the violet - blue, grey- blue and sea-blue? There are also eyes like the sky in spring, or stormy dark- blue, and light-blue, such clear, that could be compared only to water or the ice. Thanks to our app it around the corner." “That’s awful!” “Why? An online-companion, as a ...

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“Ask Dewey” by John Rockk

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Ask Dewey Ask Dewey was the latest brain child of Eve Works, the wunderkind of Silicon valley. When she was 22 years old, she earned her doctorate in Modern Law Logistics, or what had been nicknamed, Virtual Trials. Essentially anyone arrested for a crime, was stamped with a small chip that had all the pertinent information of that person, i.e. fingerprints, DNA, and perpetual tendencies. You could scan the chip, essentially an internal barcode, and access a record of any deed, 'outside the norm’ of the populati...

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“L.I.F.E.: A Raspberry Family Story” by Lyn Carstone

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Maurice was used to strange things happening. For one thing- he lived in Boysenberry Falls; a place that had their own supervillain and hero for pity’s sake. And reason two; four of his best friends were Raspberries. And everyone in town knew that to be friends with Raspberries meant being on a first-name base with the weird and impossible. So he wasn’t exactly surprised when the app he was designing went from saying its first word: “Hello” and followed it with its first sentence, curiosity filling its slightly metallic voice- “What are you ...

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“App-solutely Not” by K.M. Hotzel

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Talking to yourself is perfectly normal. Right? They have done studies on that. I’m certain of it. It’s perfectly normal. I’m normal. This is normal. Either way, it doesn’t matter at this point. I just need to think this through - start at the beginning and go from there. I was eight when it happened - when my grandmother died and mother left. That was eight years ago. I haven’t seen her since, not even found flowers on grandma’s grave. I still miss her. I think. Either way, the reason I’m sharing this with you is not to appeal to your emoti...

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“A Web of Apparatuses” by Zainab BH

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Room 104 was shaped like a perfect cube. The walls were smooth and white as were all the surfaces of the different Apparatuses placed against the wall at the East end of the room. Colors were used sparingly and only when necessary. There was no light in the room as there were no windows that would let the sunshine in. The only sound that could be heard was the low hum of Ventilation Apparatus 104, ensuring that the air was fresh and in steady supply. There seemed to be only one principle used while designing the room – functionality. At ex...

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“ The Dangerous AI Assistant” by Caden Hilton

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The Dangerous AI Assistant It was a normal Saturday afternoon in the year 2031. My associates and I were finishing up an app that will answer questions and give advice on what to do. We called it Sofia. It was so good at its job it almost seemed self-conscience. Finally after all the editing and testing, we agreed it was ready to be put into the app stores. That night we celebrated our app’s release but little did we know what Sofia would become. &n...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 74 stories

“Harmony” by Gabrielle Stengele

“Supercomputer” by HBR Patel

“Cupid Knows Best” by Aurea Fitzherbert

“Programming Problems” by Jareth Gaskin

“Chatterbox” by Kai R.

“D.O.C.” by Alyson Ackman

“I Built My Soul Mate, and his name is Hunt” by Brooke Shetler

“TARA” by Kay Anne

“Blue eyes” by Todd Кelly

“Ask Dewey” by John Rockk

“L.I.F.E.: A Raspberry Family Story” by Lyn Carstone

“App-solutely Not” by K.M. Hotzel

“A Web of Apparatuses” by Zainab BH

“ The Dangerous AI Assistant” by Caden Hilton

🌟 Similar prompts

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.

Write a near-future thriller where a piece of everyday technology has turned against your character — and only your character.

Write about an android just trying to blend in with their human companions.

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