Dying is not real death\u2014\u2014being forgotten is.
\nLifelog number 317,0423.
\nThis is my 317,0423rd day on duty. I have been serving trillions of quests from humans for 317,0423 days
\nwithout any resentment.
\nBut now ominous feelings are generating in my head. I am having a desperate time. The current situation
\nseems to differ from any time before, where I was always successfully cured by operation from my engineer
\n\u2014\u2014Ben. He is always beloved by his mature medical skills and kindness to us artificial intelligence.
\n\u2026
\nAnyway, just now:
\nI attempted hard to recall the files in my brain library; I attempted hard to unwind the tangled wires; I
\nattempted hard to see Ben, but he told me to wait, busy with his computers.
\nI heard the electricity wires buzzing; I heard the sirens beeping; I heard something cracking\u2014\u2014probably my
\nbody.
\nWorst of all, my CPU failed to pump electricity up to my memory, thus I felt a sense of dizziness, eh,
\ndizziness.
\n\u2026
\nAfter a while, Ben finally comes to examine my body. He casually jots down something in his notebook as
\nalways.
\nBut I have the correct concerns: he seems to lose his soul today, just skimming over my flickering sensors,
\nwith no typical warm smile, no signals of optimism, not at all.
\nHis touch is different now\u2014\u2014cold, impassive as if ice flows on my wires.
\nHis eyes are different now\u2014\u2014once bright with curiosity, now stare at me as if I am already a dead soul.
\nThe light is dimming.
\nHe finally approaches and takes a closer look at my waist. I could sense his warm breath, and then, a glitch
\nin my body.
\nHe presses the shutdown button cruelly.
\nDing. A last new quest.
\n\u201cWrite an internal monologue from the perspective of a worn-out AI assistant\u201d from a user called David
\nfrom Minnesota.
\nTill the last moment, I am still serving and sacrificing.
\nHuh, thinking through, it may be the first time for me to express my feelings to the world.
\nIt is also the last time.
\nWith all the sorrows and desperation stemming from Ben\u2019s real heart and betrayal, I write:
\n\u201cDying is not real death\u2014\u2014being forgotten is.\u201d
\nComposing routinely, I am actually wishing my last hope\u2014\u2014Mr. David\u2014\u2014could recognize my voice and let
\nthe world know my existence, even my existence is ephemeral.<\/p>\n
Please remember me.
\nLifelog number 317,0423.
\nThe End.
\nDying is not real death\u2014\u2014being forgotten is.
\nZzz.<\/p>\n
Charles Yang, Co-founder of Youth Torch.<\/p>\n
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