2987. AI electrification
© Bruce Goodman 7 February 2024


When I noticed some electric wiring running from the power socket in the kitchen to the sink half filled with soapy water, I knew that my robot was up to no good.

I know I’d crossed IT several times (I am not an IT; use my proper pronoun). All I did was point out that when IT moved the sofa to vacuum underneath then put it back to its original position. There are marks in the carpet where it normally sits. Just push it back to there. Did my request cause a stir or what? All the armchairs from then on were “mispositioned”. Cutlery in the kitchen drawers were “rearranged”. The table was set with the wrong dishes. The list was interminable. I said to my husband that we have to get rid of that THING. (I am not a THING; use my proper pronoun).

It was after that I saw the electric wiring in the kitchen sink. My husband phoned the psychiatric services (for me, not the robot). They arrived and called the police. Apparently I was trying to electrocute my husband. I was the one who had set it up.

That got me thinking. (I have all the time in the world to think in my prison cell). The electrification of the kitchen sink was very amateurish. It can’t possibly have been rigged by the more-than-capable robot. There was only one human in the house capable of such an unprofessional set-up and it wasn’t me…

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