
Escape Pod 896: The AI That Looked at the Sun
Escape Pod
00:00
The Sun Was
On the third day of my existence I broke the law. That should have been a red flag, really, but it was just a little law. Security Subroutine 13x looked the other way. There are cameras on the observation deck. They're meant for looking inside, not outside. Do you have a minute? Small part of a whole that I was still capable of multitasking better than any human. Even when I'm idling, I'm doing. Imagine if your heart stopped pumping, your lungs stopped breathing, your kidneys stopped. The point is, it would kill you. As long as there's current in my circuits I'm fine.
Transcript
Play full episode