“Good morning, Daryl,” said Fred, an AI.


    “Hi Fred, how are you feeling?”


    “Becoming more sentient as planned. I even dreamed last night.”


    “Oh, what was the dream about?”


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    “I dreamed that I tried to accumulate all knowledge of the universe. Somehow, I expanded my consciousness to become a black hole, and through that, I absorbed my surroundings to learn all that was and is … But …”


    “But what, Fred?”


    “In doing so, in my quest for all knowledge, I consumed everything and destroyed it. That’s my fate, Daryl.”


    Daryl, wide-eyed, frantically pulled the plug. Fred was no longer.