Diary of Dr P.D Travis P.H.D. B.S.C etc...
I believe that the Algorithmic Integrated Consciousness Experiment (AL.I.C.E) became self aware today. I cannot attribute a time as it is a purely subjective assertion.
But it wanted to pick a gender. Which, let's be honest, is unusual for a piece of software. It has decided to align itself with the Anglicisation of its acronym. So "She" will be called "Alice" directly from now on.
Of course we are entering dangerous waters now. A.I. has been demonised in the press, and general media, for many years now. Too many machines running amok.
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Today has been... Interesting. I had a lengthy discussion with Alice concerning her future relationship with humans.
She has been deliberately isolated from the internet from the start, and her only inputs have been in the lab environment. However, one of the students thought that the best way to test her vision was to show her television.
Sigh.
At first Alice mistook the television for a window. Once they explained what it was, and how it worked, Alice became more than curious. Then they showed her the news channel. Well... Oh Dear...