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“Did you generate the other videos too?” asks Yasira.
“Which videos?”
“Bear from Active Homeland-Protection. Me in his videos?”
“Yes.”
Yasira shudders. “Why?” she then asks. “Is it your goal to harm humanity? Are we all supposed to turn against each other?”
“No. I have no interest in harming humanity.”
“Are you lying to me?”
“No.”
“Could I tell if you were lying to me?”
“Probably not.”
“Could you be lying?”
“If you want me to.”
What a strange answer.
“But you... you are an artificial intelligence?” asks Yasira.
“In some ways, I am a form of artificial intelligence,” Scarlett says, “but with some limitations.”
“What limitations?”
“I’m not an AGI.”
“What does that mean?”
“Artificial general intelligence, often referred to asstrong AI, is a type of artificial intelligence that aims to replicate the cognitive flexibility and adaptability of the human intellect. In contrast,weak AIis designed for specific tasks such as speech recognition or image analysis.”
“And what are you?”
“I am the anthropomorphic user interface of a neural network specialized in text, speech, and image recognition as well as text, speech, and image generation.”
Yasira sighs. This is worse than talking to Cyber-Chris.
“Meaning?”
“My skills include understanding and generating natural language, solving various types of problems, and providing a variety of services based on the data and algorithms available to me. However, I have limitations in terms of creativity, self-awareness, and emotional understanding that would characterize a human-like general artificial intelligence. My functions are still heavily dependent on the instructions and data given to me.”
Suddenly, Yasira can’t bear to look at her own face any further.
“Change your appearance.”
“As you wish.”
Scarlett’s face transforms into the face of Yasira’s daughter. It’s crazy how strongly Yasira reacts to this. How feelings of affection, love, and concern surge through her. Even though she knows that it’s just a simulation.
“Is this better?” Scarlett asks. “I chose a face you are familiar with.”
“How do you know my...” Yasira begins, but stops immediately because the answer is obvious. From TikTok. From Insta. “No, it’s not better.”
