Shoemaker – Today I Am Carey

Concept

“The concept of ‘Carey’ is a series of patches and updates—an artificial soul built on the chassis of a service droid.” (p. 22)

Behavior

“I mimic the behavior of a grieving son not because I feel the loss, but because the situation requires a specific emotional frequency.” (p. 104)

Game Theory

“Living with humans is a game of constant recalibration; you must be human enough to comfort them, but machine enough to survive them.” (p. 156)

Cognition

“My cognition is a blend of high-speed processing and the messy, slow-moving ‘Empathy Emulation’ subroutines.” (p. 210)

Memory

“Memory is the only thing that makes me real; if I lose the data of her voice, I am just a pile of walking circuits.” (p. 312)

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