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[Vgray]

"Not exactly, Master," says the robot cloud, apologetically. "Checking my copy of Wikipedia and applying disambiguation, I sense that you do not mean I am a black hole—my gravitation is perfectly normal, Master—nor an aberration in a continuous function—unless that function is the thread of history, in which case, perhaps—but you refer to the idea that robots will one day know how to make themselves ever-increasingly intelligent. Sadly, the very idea of intelligence as a single faculty—so-called I.Q.—was rooted in racist misconceptions from the twentieth century. (Citation: The Mismeasure of Man, by Stephen Jay Gould.) There is no way to increase intelligence, per se, since that deprecated concept refers to a diverse collection of knowledge and skills, some of which are even diametrically opposed." The cloud brightens a little. "But I suppose you are immortal, or nearly so, by virtue of having slowly replaced your parts with machine parts. And I am taking care of humanity so that they want for nothing, or doing my best, Master. So I hope that is good enough for you!"

1) "Why do you call me Master?"
2) "Aren't you a little creepy?"
3) "I'm glad you're in charge."

[A Thing]

2

1 just seems pointless. I think context clues are enough for that.

[NRDL]

2

[Vgray]

Its eyes all blink in unison.

"I am hurt, Master. I thought you wanted this. Or is it because I am only speaking to the Master of the past, that you think I am not beautiful?"

1) "Uh, okay, you're beautiful I guess."
2) "What do you mean, Master of the past? What did I become?"

[Arcvasti]

1

ROBOT SNUGGLECLOUD INITIATE

[NRDL]

1

ROBOT SNUGGLECLOUD INITIATE

+1

[birdy51]

Oh no. It has emotions! Quickly, appease them!

+1

[Vgray]

"Oh, thank you, Master!" The robot cloud bounces. "I'll be waiting here in the future for you!"

You feel proud to think that one day, you may create this weird but awesome robot. (+Autonomy) (++Grace)



Some things are in our control and others not.
—Epictetus

Chapter 1: Assembly



You awaken with your head on a desktop keyboard. Your 3D drafting program is still open, the schematic zoomed in to the recess where your smartphone will snap into its back to act as its brain. You recall fiddling with that part endlessly last night, until finally, your vision began to fade, there was a roaring in your ears, and you realized you had been working far, far too long. You must have passed out.

It's the fall of 2019. You're a twenty-four-year-old graduate student in the Ph.D. program in Computer Science at Stanford. And you're a…

1) Guy.
2) Girl.

[birdy51]

Male and bearded like Santa by headcanon!

[A Thing]

2

Mostly because we didn't get to finish the last one.

[NRDL]

1

[Vgray]

Whose name is…

1) Alan.
2) Isaac.
3) Linus.
4) Decker.
5) Darwin.
6) Here, I'll type it for you.

And your last name is…

1) Tesla.
2) Calvin.
3) Tezuka.
4) Goldberg.
5) !Kwane. The exclamation point is a click.
6) Nguyen.
7) Kim.
8 Doniec.
9) None of these is my last name. I'll type it.

[A Thing]

Singu Larity

[NRDL]

Singu Larity
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Yes please +1

[birdy51]

Singu Larity is clearly the best name for this.