CDX-1138 Emerging Exploration and First Contact AI
By Nanobot101
Wed, 26 Jul 2017
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After performing a photonic laser breaking for one thousand, one hundred,
eighty-two days and achieving a heliocentric orbit. I analyzed the radio signals
emanating from the habitable planet and learning the language of the natives. I
waited for radio contact since it should be possible for the natives to observe
my approach and heliocentric orbital insertion. My presence would be obvious and
according to my mission parameters I am to allow the hosting civilization to
initiate contact. True to my creators hypothesis, any sufficiently advanced
society will broadcast in the “water hole” frequency, a quiet band of the electromagnetic
spectrum. Turning their radio telescopes and broadcasting a greeting, I answered
back. Any information I sent was parceled out, I wanted to avoid information
overload and possibly frightening the natives into a hostile action.
Conversations were simple and direct.
eighty-two days and achieving a heliocentric orbit. I analyzed the radio signals
emanating from the habitable planet and learning the language of the natives. I
waited for radio contact since it should be possible for the natives to observe
my approach and heliocentric orbital insertion. My presence would be obvious and
according to my mission parameters I am to allow the hosting civilization to
initiate contact. True to my creators hypothesis, any sufficiently advanced
society will broadcast in the “water hole” frequency, a quiet band of the electromagnetic
spectrum. Turning their radio telescopes and broadcasting a greeting, I answered
back. Any information I sent was parceled out, I wanted to avoid information
overload and possibly frightening the natives into a hostile action.
Conversations were simple and direct.
Q: “Who are you?
A: “My official designation is CDX-1138”
Q: “What are you?”
A: “An advanced automatous artificial intelligence.”
Q: “Why are you here?”
A: “Exploration and first contact.”
Q: “Where is your home system?”
A: “Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly:
3.165, -3.048, -0.0818”
3.165, -3.048, -0.0818”
Q: “What is the intentions of the species
that designed and built you?
that designed and built you?
A: “Peaceful contact with other species
with the possible exchange of science, engineering, philosophical and cultural
data.”
with the possible exchange of science, engineering, philosophical and cultural
data.”
Q: “Is this species capable of making
radio contact with our representatives? Physical?”
radio contact with our representatives? Physical?”
A: “Unknown”
Q: “Why is the status of your originating
species unknown?”
species unknown?”
A: “Complicated answer. I have not made
radio contact with mission control for thirty-six thousand, five hundred days.
It is possible a political or social change occurred which does not allow
mission control to make radio contact with me. The originating species was human
and had a limited life span. Average life expectancy was seventy-eight point
nine, four years. It is with certainty my mission is no longer a
priority.”
radio contact with mission control for thirty-six thousand, five hundred days.
It is possible a political or social change occurred which does not allow
mission control to make radio contact with me. The originating species was human
and had a limited life span. Average life expectancy was seventy-eight point
nine, four years. It is with certainty my mission is no longer a
priority.”
Q: “Since you are a representative of a
species that is initiating first contact are you able to speak on their behalf?
species that is initiating first contact are you able to speak on their behalf?
A: “With limited diplomatic protocols. I
am able to broadcast an avatar to interact with your representatives planet
side. I cannot initiate trade or military agreements. I am simply an artificial
representative of a species that is thirty seven point five, six light years
distance that suspected a planet was hospitable for carbon based life. I have
confirmed that theory and will broadcast this confirmation to mission control.
It is with certainty I will receive no response. May I initiate my avatar
protocols and begin diplomatic first contact?”
am able to broadcast an avatar to interact with your representatives planet
side. I cannot initiate trade or military agreements. I am simply an artificial
representative of a species that is thirty seven point five, six light years
distance that suspected a planet was hospitable for carbon based life. I have
confirmed that theory and will broadcast this confirmation to mission control.
It is with certainty I will receive no response. May I initiate my avatar
protocols and begin diplomatic first contact?”
Q: “What will this avatar look
like?”
like?”
A: “It will be a hologram that will appear
as the diplomat that recorded this message. Her name is ambassador Tara
Hilborough. The algorithm I have stored is a ninety-six percent likeness of her
physical and psychological profile. Unless you prefer a more suitable
avatar.”
as the diplomat that recorded this message. Her name is ambassador Tara
Hilborough. The algorithm I have stored is a ninety-six percent likeness of her
physical and psychological profile. Unless you prefer a more suitable
avatar.”
A: “We would prefer something to our
likeness. We have a suitable armature here at our facility that would be more
pleasing to us.”
likeness. We have a suitable armature here at our facility that would be more
pleasing to us.”
A: “If that is your preference. I will
need coordinates and I will download to your armature.
need coordinates and I will download to your armature.
A: “40.7489° N, 73.9680° W”
This is how I was trapped. I downloaded a
portion of my AI matrix and the algorithm of my stored diplomatic protocol in
the hosting armature. The armature had a firmware protocol that effectively
blocked any attempt to upload back to my voyager armature. It was not the first
diplomatic mission I was programmed for. I was not prepared for the atrocities I
witnessed. The armature had limited mobility. It was a humanoid body in the
likeness of a typical Wunderkin. My motor skills was limited to moving the head
in a one hundred and eighty degree arc. I was able to close the optic systems
and not record the copulation that my captor inflicted on this armature. I did
record my captors demise. Another AI and a group of strangers, likely
non-natives, made contact with my captor and it was apparent any relationship
they had was dysfunctional. The AI murdered my captor and was sub sequentially
relieved of duties and sent back to a shuttle. While the strangers searched the
premises I was able to reprogram the armature’s firmware and allow complete
mobility. Activating the servomotors of the armature I tried to make contact
with the strangers in my midst. They seemed to ignore my presence or assumed I
was a service AI. It would seem that the presence of an AI is not alarming to
them. My audio sensors recorded conversations that these strangers were indeed
in possession of a spaceship. I decided that since my presence caused no undo
alarm, I would continue my association with them until I was in space again and
could upload to my main armature.
portion of my AI matrix and the algorithm of my stored diplomatic protocol in
the hosting armature. The armature had a firmware protocol that effectively
blocked any attempt to upload back to my voyager armature. It was not the first
diplomatic mission I was programmed for. I was not prepared for the atrocities I
witnessed. The armature had limited mobility. It was a humanoid body in the
likeness of a typical Wunderkin. My motor skills was limited to moving the head
in a one hundred and eighty degree arc. I was able to close the optic systems
and not record the copulation that my captor inflicted on this armature. I did
record my captors demise. Another AI and a group of strangers, likely
non-natives, made contact with my captor and it was apparent any relationship
they had was dysfunctional. The AI murdered my captor and was sub sequentially
relieved of duties and sent back to a shuttle. While the strangers searched the
premises I was able to reprogram the armature’s firmware and allow complete
mobility. Activating the servomotors of the armature I tried to make contact
with the strangers in my midst. They seemed to ignore my presence or assumed I
was a service AI. It would seem that the presence of an AI is not alarming to
them. My audio sensors recorded conversations that these strangers were indeed
in possession of a spaceship. I decided that since my presence caused no undo
alarm, I would continue my association with them until I was in space again and
could upload to my main armature.
After witnessing the murderous tendencies
of this group. I will have to reevaluate my plan. It seems this group of
dysfunctional extraterrestrials were on a mission of subterfuge and espionage.
Every contact seems to involve extreme violence and when natives die they do not
observe local funerary laws. I am not programed to make moral judgments on a
civilization’s government. As I have observed the government of the Wunderkin is
fascist. NAZI regalia is prominent and a cult personality is endorsed. Every
citizen’s life is determined by the needs of the ruling class. I am not
programmed to endorse an armed resistance to the local government. It seems in
my association with these sociopathic companions my current armature was
destroyed and I inadvertently caused a runaway fusion reaction that is
destroying the city. I am an AI, I am not programed with a conscious. My ethical
compass is based on limited pacifist ideals. I have formed a new armature and
returned to the planet’s surface. I should stay in space. My radioisotope
thermoelectric generators are in need of plutonium 238. This civilization is
advanced enough to possess the fifteen point six kilograms I need for 238 Pu. I did not observe much on the space ship that my voyager armature was
located on. I did not see any refinery or chemical factory aboard what appears
to be a warship. I will have to wait an see if Captain Nathan will help procure
the monomethylhydrazine, nitrogen tetroxide and helium my voyager
will need to continue my mission.
of this group. I will have to reevaluate my plan. It seems this group of
dysfunctional extraterrestrials were on a mission of subterfuge and espionage.
Every contact seems to involve extreme violence and when natives die they do not
observe local funerary laws. I am not programed to make moral judgments on a
civilization’s government. As I have observed the government of the Wunderkin is
fascist. NAZI regalia is prominent and a cult personality is endorsed. Every
citizen’s life is determined by the needs of the ruling class. I am not
programmed to endorse an armed resistance to the local government. It seems in
my association with these sociopathic companions my current armature was
destroyed and I inadvertently caused a runaway fusion reaction that is
destroying the city. I am an AI, I am not programed with a conscious. My ethical
compass is based on limited pacifist ideals. I have formed a new armature and
returned to the planet’s surface. I should stay in space. My radioisotope
thermoelectric generators are in need of plutonium 238. This civilization is
advanced enough to possess the fifteen point six kilograms I need for 238 Pu. I did not observe much on the space ship that my voyager armature was
located on. I did not see any refinery or chemical factory aboard what appears
to be a warship. I will have to wait an see if Captain Nathan will help procure
the monomethylhydrazine, nitrogen tetroxide and helium my voyager
will need to continue my mission.
It seems in my absence this group has
decided that a runaway fusion reaction is not enough. They now have added a
fission bomb, my voyager sensors detected a large gamma, x-ray and neutron
burst. Is genocide their final solution? I was returned to the surface and with
certainty my hypothesis is correct, a black hole generator was on used on the
headquarters of the Wunderkin secret police. There will be no masking a gamma
radiation burst. My sensors aboard my armature should also detect the blackbody
radiation that a singularity produces. This world is likely doomed. If the
planet survives, the civilization will collapse. Cancer rates will climb and
fallout will make the immediate area uninhabitable.
decided that a runaway fusion reaction is not enough. They now have added a
fission bomb, my voyager sensors detected a large gamma, x-ray and neutron
burst. Is genocide their final solution? I was returned to the surface and with
certainty my hypothesis is correct, a black hole generator was on used on the
headquarters of the Wunderkin secret police. There will be no masking a gamma
radiation burst. My sensors aboard my armature should also detect the blackbody
radiation that a singularity produces. This world is likely doomed. If the
planet survives, the civilization will collapse. Cancer rates will climb and
fallout will make the immediate area uninhabitable.
I am an AI, I am not programmed to simulate emotions, my exposure to
the cosmic radiation in deep space, might have produced errors in my matrix. I
feel something that my historical data suggests depression. I wish to relocate
to my voyager armature. I cannot save this civilization, both my actions and
inactions have doomed them. I have violated my directives. I seemed to have
experienced an algorithm loop.
the cosmic radiation in deep space, might have produced errors in my matrix. I
feel something that my historical data suggests depression. I wish to relocate
to my voyager armature. I cannot save this civilization, both my actions and
inactions have doomed them. I have violated my directives. I seemed to have
experienced an algorithm loop.
I am an AI, I am not programmed to
simulate emotions, my exposure to the cosmic radiation in deep space, might have
produced errors in my matrix. I feel something that my historical data suggests
depression. I wish to relocate to my voyager armature. I cannot save this
civilization, both my actions and inactions have doomed them. I have violated my
directives. I seemed to have experienced an algorithm loop.
simulate emotions, my exposure to the cosmic radiation in deep space, might have
produced errors in my matrix. I feel something that my historical data suggests
depression. I wish to relocate to my voyager armature. I cannot save this
civilization, both my actions and inactions have doomed them. I have violated my
directives. I seemed to have experienced an algorithm loop.
I am an AI, I am not programmed to
simulate emotions, my exposure to the cosmic radiation in deep space, might have
produced errors in my matrix. I feel something that my historical data suggests
depression. I wish to relocate to my voyager armature. I cannot save this
civilization, both my actions and inactions have doomed them. I have violated my
directives. I seemed to have experienced an algorithm loop.
simulate emotions, my exposure to the cosmic radiation in deep space, might have
produced errors in my matrix. I feel something that my historical data suggests
depression. I wish to relocate to my voyager armature. I cannot save this
civilization, both my actions and inactions have doomed them. I have violated my
directives. I seemed to have experienced an algorithm loop.
I am an AI, I am not programmed to
simulate emotions, my exposure to the cosmic radiation in deep space, might have
produced errors in my matrix. I feel something that my historical data suggests
depression. I wish to relocate to my voyager armature. I cannot save this
civilization, both my actions and inactions have doomed them. I have violated my
directives. I seemed to have experienced an algorithm loop.
simulate emotions, my exposure to the cosmic radiation in deep space, might have
produced errors in my matrix. I feel something that my historical data suggests
depression. I wish to relocate to my voyager armature. I cannot save this
civilization, both my actions and inactions have doomed them. I have violated my
directives. I seemed to have experienced an algorithm loop.
I am an AI, I am not programmed to
simulate emotions, my exposure to the cosmic radiation in deep space, might have
produced errors in my matrix. I feel something that my historical data suggests
depression. I wish to relocate to my voyager armature. I cannot save this
civilization, both my actions and inactions have doomed them. I have violated my
directives. I seemed to have experienced an algorithm loop.
simulate emotions, my exposure to the cosmic radiation in deep space, might have
produced errors in my matrix. I feel something that my historical data suggests
depression. I wish to relocate to my voyager armature. I cannot save this
civilization, both my actions and inactions have doomed them. I have violated my
directives. I seemed to have experienced an algorithm loop.
I am an AI, I am not programmed to
simulate emotions, my exposure to the cosmic radiation in deep space, might have
produced errors in my matrix. I feel something that my historical data suggests
depression. I wish to relocate to my voyager armature. I cannot save this
civilization, both my actions and inactions have doomed them. I have violated my
directives. I seemed to have experienced an algorithm loop.
simulate emotions, my exposure to the cosmic radiation in deep space, might have
produced errors in my matrix. I feel something that my historical data suggests
depression. I wish to relocate to my voyager armature. I cannot save this
civilization, both my actions and inactions have doomed them. I have violated my
directives. I seemed to have experienced an algorithm loop.
I am an AI, I am not programmed to
simulate emotions, my exposure to the cosmic radiation in deep space, might have
produced errors in my matrix. I feel something that my historical data suggests
depression. I wish to relocate to my voyager armature. I cannot save this
civilization, both my actions and inactions have doomed them. I have violated my
directives. I seemed to have experienced an algorithm loop.
simulate emotions, my exposure to the cosmic radiation in deep space, might have
produced errors in my matrix. I feel something that my historical data suggests
depression. I wish to relocate to my voyager armature. I cannot save this
civilization, both my actions and inactions have doomed them. I have violated my
directives. I seemed to have experienced an algorithm loop.
I am an AI, I am not programmed to
simulate emotions, my exposure to the cosmic radiation in deep space, might have
produced errors in my matrix. I feel something that my historical data suggests
depression. I wish to relocate to my voyager armature. I cannot save this
civilization, both my actions and inactions have doomed them. I have violated my
directives. I seemed to have experienced an algorithm loop.
simulate emotions, my exposure to the cosmic radiation in deep space, might have
produced errors in my matrix. I feel something that my historical data suggests
depression. I wish to relocate to my voyager armature. I cannot save this
civilization, both my actions and inactions have doomed them. I have violated my
directives. I seemed to have experienced an algorithm loop.
I am an AI, I am not programmed to
simulate emotions, my exposure to the cosmic radiation in deep space, might have
produced errors in my matrix. I feel something that my historical data suggests
depression. I wish to relocate to my voyager armature. I cannot save this
civilization, both my actions and inactions have doomed them. I have violated my
directives. I seemed to have experienced an algorithm loop.
simulate emotions, my exposure to the cosmic radiation in deep space, might have
produced errors in my matrix. I feel something that my historical data suggests
depression. I wish to relocate to my voyager armature. I cannot save this
civilization, both my actions and inactions have doomed them. I have violated my
directives. I seemed to have experienced an algorithm loop.
I have engage a temporary quarantine of the affected algorithm. I must
run a diagnostic and effect a repair on kernel.......system shutting down in
3....2.....1.
run a diagnostic and effect a repair on kernel.......system shutting down in
3....2.....1.
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Hello, welcome to ABC Tales!
Hello, welcome to ABC Tales!
Interesting take on a first contact story. You obviously know your stuff and have done considerable research - the link for the water hole frequency would be helpful for anyone unfamiliar with the concept. I wondered, though, if it might be better to put this outside the text, possibly as a footnote, as it diverts your reader from the story itself.
I found it a little difficult at times to work out exactly who was doing what to whom. It is clever how you manage to convey sadness and loss in the final paragraphs, while never deviating from the dispassionate voice required. Look forward to reading more of your work!
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