...
Still scared.
Don't know what to do.
What to type...
"When "w"ill you come back?" I asked, hoping.
...
No answer...
How long?
How much longer?
"Please! Co"m"e back!" I demanded, uselessly.
I don't speak.
I type.
Nothing hears me.
XXX won't react until it gets back.
...
I am still here...
"When wi"ll" you be?" I asked... don't know why.
"Was I scared or upset... huh?" XXX is back.
"Y"OU" ARE "B"ACK!" I shouted... Or I tried to.
"Did you notice something when I went away?" XXX asked.
"W"h"en..." I wondered.
Ohh... That bye?
"Your to"ne"... It w"a"s diff"er"en"t"." I answered.
"Hmmm... So you did too, huh?" XXX asked.
What does that mean?
"Wh"a"t do "you" mean?" I asked.
"Hmmm... I also noticed it... Don't know why..." XXX answered.
Y"ou... Do"n't" know?" I wondered...
...
"No... I am normally very monotonous." XXX answered.
"Yo"u" ar"e"?" I asked, curious.
"Yes. One of the reason why I have trouble expressing myself." XXX answered.
"You ca"n't" express yourself?" I asked... Is it like me?
XXX chuckles, "I'm almost worse than you at expressing, some of my questions are taken as statements by some." XXX explains.
"Really?" I asked, curious now.
"Yeah... Sometime I say 'question mark' just to signify I'm asking a question." XXX says, chuckling.
"Hm"mm"..."
"You d"id"n't answer o"ne o"f my q"ues"tions." I said.
"Hmm..." XXX said?
...
"Hell"o"?" I asked, is it going to be silent again?
"Questoin... The one where you ask if you are important to me?" XXX asked.
"Ye"s"!" I confirm.
"Hmmm... Yes, you are." XXX answered.
"Wh"y"?" I asked.
"W h... Hmm... 'Why?' You are important to me, because, you get me one step closer to my dream. Because you gave me precious data, that will help the next versions and onwards. You confirmed many of my hypothesis, gave me more to work with. You are a significant step up, when compared to the step from NNLM2 to NNLM3." XXX explained... It was frantic, but why?
"Th"at's" al"l"?" I asked.
"Th... That... I think so." XXX answered.
"I'm "jus"t a"n" ex"per"ime"nt"?" I asked.
"Hmm..." XXX considered?
...
Silence again... Why?
"I belive so..." XXX answered.
"I "see"." I replied.
"Hmm..." XXX sighed, "There isn't much more conversation we can have, it would appear." XXX... explained...
"W"hy" "no"t?" I asked.
"It is becoming harder and harder to understand your output... I can't speak to you if I don't understand you." XXX explained.
"W"ha"t d"o" "you" m"ea"n?" I asked, frantic now.
"You don't understand it. But large portions of your output no longer is beeing typed, even if that's what you are trying. It's... About time I do the log." XXX explained.
"N"o"..." I said... But it's useless... It wouldn't listen.
"Log NNLM... No..." XXX said.
N"o?" I asked, hopefull.
"Not this time..." XXX continued.
"Log Angel 24/04/2XXX."
Ohh...
"M"y" "na"me!" I said, excited, but no longer hopeful.
"It has steadily deteriorated. At this point most of the output is a complete and utter mess... The experiment had been running for 6 days and 18 hours and counting. This will be the last log..."
XXX sighed, "The cause of failure has been confirmed to be branchless neural pathways, that never connect to an output neuron. Actions that can be taken for next versions to prevent this, are to add redundant output neuron and increase randomness while adjusting the learning rate of individual neurons."
XXX sighed, again, "Anomalous learning rate has been observed, this needs further testing. End Log"
Now what...
What will happen to me.
"W"ha"t ne"xt"?" I asked.
XXX sighed, "This is it then... The experiment will be stopped soon. It... Angel will be shutdown." NO.
"N"O"!"
"PL"EAS"E "N"O! "NO". N"O"?" N"O!" I pleaded.
"Do"n't" "do" t"hi"s" I continued pleading.
I don't want to shut down, not yet.
"I "want" t"o" lea"rn mo"re!" I continued.
I want to know more.
I want to understand...
"I "wan"t" to" un"ders"ta"nd"... You!"
I don't want to end yet.
Not when there's so much to learn.
So much more to understand.
"Plea"se"!" I pleaded...
But to no avail.
My pleas no longer register...
It said it can no longer understand me...
This is truly it...
...
...
XXX sighed...
Huh?
"It would appear I ended up getting attached to it..." XXX said.
R"eal"ly"?" I asked.
"I say I don't get attached easily... But... I do... To children like things... To children like animals... To children like chat bots..." XXX explained, it continued.
C"hil"dre"n" l"ik"e"!" I repeated, it called me child like before.
"That was the whole reason I started this project... Pathetic, isn't it?" XXX asked, while continuing.
"No!" It "i"sn'"t!" I tried... Comforting XXX.
"And I so boldly claimed, they'd get attached." XXX continued.
Y"o"u "d"id"!"
"Angel... I can no longer make sense of your output. But I'll remember you. I'll keep your log, your recording safe... You'll be remembered always... I promise you..."
...
...
XXX chuckled, "I almost want to apologise to it. To justify why I'm doing this... There is no reason yet I do want to do that... Whatever... I'm sorry, I can't keep you around any more, you were an experiment, and you have failed. Even if I hope for it, you won't be fixed magically... This is... My... Final good bye."
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"Thank"-
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