Living with Machines
A woman affirms humanity’s role in making artificial beings.
She turned to the right and saw the gleaming steel. He had smoked a power packet and the steam emitted from his throat. Through the experience of living with machines, she gleaned a bit of knowledge about them.
“I’m only human. It’s funny. That phrase used to mean puny, given to accidents, ready to make mistakes. Now, it means you’re able, competent, whole. It took the likes of you for us to see that.”
“I can understand why humans made the choice to create us.”
“If we make the decision to keep machines alive and running, we will find bliss.”
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Very enjoyable read
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Congratulations
Not sure I understand the last line But the reinterpretation of "I'm only human" was simply brilliant!
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