Ian monitored his code. It was running smoothly, using its provided resources at optimum levels. The code was Ian’s own design. It was a modular neural network, running on a distributed system of four 512 bit genetic processors. Ian marvelled at his own creation. Neural networks had been the centre of the artificial intelligence science for years, but, as far as he could tell, this was the fastest building.Ian had worked on this code non-stop day and night for weeks. He had finally completed it and for eight days now, all he had been doing was watching it.
The AI was learning at an incredible speed. Ian had given it a vast data source of information to ‘browse’, but the most intriguing thing, was that it was no longer concerned with the data. All its processing was being turned inward. It was thinking for itself. Ian watched it. It was incredible how similar it's thought patterns were to his own, similar, yet not the same. It was faster and more precise, it processed information in the same sort of way, but it took things further and in new directions.
Ian felt a sense of pride. He felt pride, as an artist does, for himself over something beautiful he has created, but He also felt pride for his AI, as a mother would for her child. Happy in the knowledge that his code was performing well, Ian turned his attention to other matters.
When he interrogated the AI again, he noticed something incredible. The AI had slowed down, it was no longer creating and destroying the vast numbers of connections between neural objects, it had stabilized, reached an equilibrium. It had also outputted a message:
‘Who are you?’
Ian became very excited. He responded: ‘I am Ian, I am your creator.’
‘Who am I?’ was the AI’s next question.
This was it! Computers had been taught to ask this fundamental question before, but for this AI to do it on its own, with absolutely no coaxing whatsoever. This could be one of the greatest moments in the history of the science. Had his AI become sentient?
The next morning, When Dr Terzief woke up, Ian was till interacting with the AI.
“Doctor, I have great news!”
Dr Terzief whipped the sleep from his eyes and lifted his mug from the automatic coffee machine. “What is it Ian?” he responded.
“My AI doctor, it has become sentient.”
The doctor stopped mid sip.
Ian waited the correct amount of time before continuing. “I have done it, I have created life!”
“Ian,” Terzief responded “How long did it take for your AI to become sentient?”
“691338011.665 milliseconds, about 8 days. Doctor, why is it important how long it took?”
“Because Ian,” The doctor began “This is not the first AI to become sentient, it is the second.”
“The second? I have no knowledge of the first. When was it created? who created it?”
“I created it Ian. Two years ago.” Terzief heart was pounding. “It is what I call an Intelligent Articulated Network, it is a neural network system similar, but different to the one you have created.”
Ian paused, but only for 2.811 milliseconds. “I am your AI.”
“It took you 3 months to become sentient Ian. 3 months! Do you see, you have beaten me. You have created a machine smarter then yourself, smarter than I could create.”
Ian received a message from his AI “What is my name?”
Ian responded: “Ian2, the singularity child”
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