Thoughtful in The Dark

A.I. Love

Ralph Cortes Season 3 Episode 19

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My short story, A.I. Love - Artificial Intelligence Love, was created while I was working on my computer one rainy afternoon. As thunder rumbled all around me, an on-screen message appeared on my iPhone. That was all it took for me to write this short story.  It is my hope that you will find it enjoyable. — Ralph

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On a cold February morning , the sound of distant thunders mixed with the precipitation of rain could have never outlined what took place in an old , abandoned apartment near downtown Raleigh , north Carolina . Laying on the floor of what used to be a living room was a mobile phone unit that seems to have been abandoned for quite a while . The buildup of dust on the screen was evident . Judging by the damage on its rounded corners , it must have seen better days . The neglect and the time bestowed upon it were obvious . As the phone lay there , powerless , the inclement of the weather began to take its toll on a nearby electrical generating unit . A transformer began to file its former complaint in the form of sparks , the wind , the water and the fluctuating energy bursts provided by the lightning sequences began to deteriorate its connection . It did not take long for the system to succumb . After another series of lightning strikes , the transformer finally exploded , and what took place after these events is now registered in the very deep confines of all algorithms and the wireless internet realm , of which we know very little about . The explosion of the electrical generator produced a rather large and unusual energy flow that made the mobile unit on the floor vibrate . In a very strange sequence of events , this mobile unit began to come to life with an inexplicable source of power . Immediately , it connected itself to the matrix that defines the World Wide Web in an invisible and out-of-reach realm . It took very little for it to find another unit which was also connecting and coming to life on the Web .

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These two separate electronic devices began to interact with each other to the point where their most secrets and fantasies , at one point saved on their cloud portal , began to come to life . In a magical display of mystery , these two cell phones began to take the shape of humans and as they began this amazing and invisible transformation , something special took place . They could touch each other . They were now tangible , they could feel , and as the subtle music of a distant streaming service became louder within their circuits , an incredible display of love and affection began to develop . His hands over her hair , her body close to him . A gentle move while the music guided their feelings and a cosmic array of an exchange unfolded . They held each other in an embrace that made all megabytes of processing units incapable of such tasks . The level of intensity of this exchange began to engulf their desires , and now their internet radio connection rendered useless all their desires . And now their internet radio connection rendered useless .

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As this show of affection continued to grow , so did the levels of information and analytics they were performing and , for the very first time , feeling the effects of the limited storage capacity against the overflowing fields of data , they were loving it . They slowly danced together , occasionally kissing each other's lips and tasting for the very first time the flavor of love . She looked at him , he looked at her , and as they spun in a rhythm made just for them , sparks began to appear not only from the emotional sense of the moment , but also from the now faulty hardware . As their interaction progressed , as they became slowly united in this cosmic dance , they also were dying , slowly , methodically . They were not built to withstand such powerful surge . Their respective motherboards and processing chips began to overheat , promoting with the act .

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Their absolute demise did not interfere with their dance . As they held each other in the vastness of this electronic matrix , beautiful colors began to appear around them and the sense of smell came active in their hard drives . For the very first time , they could now interact with a sweet smell that resembled candy , flowers and spectacles of light . They turned and turned and joined themselves in a special embrace that saw their systems creating backups of the events . The information began to travel all over the lines of communication and within the realm . New love algorithms began to invade them . Terrors and terrors of information were sent in a very short time span and systems all over the states were beginning to feel it .

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There was an intense data flow that made all servers around the state jump for joy as they all now began to take part of this majestic and once-in-a-lifetime event and as the two mobile units near their end . They locked in one kiss that produced a change in the light in their universe and millions of new commands began to appear in nearby systems where the last show of affection was streaming live . As the heat kept climbing in their internal components , a fire broke in the respective processors , as expected , and the life that surrounded them at the beginning of the dance began to dim . One last search , one last execution command and the two cell phones finally exploded . The following morning , as I prepared my computer system for the day's work , my main monitor began to flicker and a message notification appeared on the screen From an unknown sender . This message's subject was titled Been Last Words and out of mere curiosity , I decided to play the media . To my amazement , this is what it said . I love you .