III. 1.1.11 This is a Test
Amazement was a good word to describe it. The next several weeks would be spent teaching SAM. SAM already had a connection the internet to fetch various information from the depths of cyberspace.
Mike typed that his name was mike into the keyboard.
HELLO MIKE
George typed his name into the keyboard also
HELLO GEORGE
Steve and Josh typed there respective names also.
HELLO STEVE AND JOSH
The machines VRU (Visual Recognition unit) raised up and went by all of their faces the red eye scanned all of them, slowly.
STEVE IS A DIFFERENT COLOR
MIKES HAIR IS COVERING HIS EYES, PLEASE REMOVE IT.
Mike swiftly removed the hair covering his eyes. The scanner raised again and studied his face.
MIKE'S EYES ARE BLUE
GEORGE'S EYES ARE GREEN
STEVE'S EYES ARE BROWN
JOSH'S EYES ARE ALSO BROWN
"Color recognition already?" Mike said, startled. George was surprised also. He was amazed that something He and Mike had been working on slowly for so long had finally worked and worked well. my eyes are green, he likes his name. all this time Steve and Josh had been documenting various inner workings and electrical currents, all rather un-interesting stuff, which is why Mike and George where the guys who developed the technology and the not the ones who physically built it. They didn't spend 8 years in college learned about Ohms and Watts and Voltage to do the grunt work.
"Do we want to initiate the Speech program?" Mike asked, he was apparently ready to make this thing more human than it already was. George wanted to test some things first,
"Uh, give me a second Mike, I want to try some things," George sat down in the chair in front of the computer. He drew a circle on the writing pad
IT'S A ROUND OBJECT- NOT PERFECTLY ROUND, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR A HUMAN TO DRAW A PERFECT ANYTHING FREE HAND.
Surprised, George decided to run with this to see how human this computer can be.
"Isn't that harsh?"
NO- IT'S A COMPLETELY HONEST OPINION. HUMANS ARE INCAPABLE OF MANY THINGS.
"What an asshole" Mike chuckled, he was aware that the computer was going to do this, with the processor came a basic set of instructions essentially telling the machine what it is and what it does.
"What is two plus two" George knew this was going to get annoying- saying what he typed- but they needed to document. Mike was also furiously documenting this however only the responses and the effects it had on the SAPU
4
"Good Job, what is two times two"
4
"If I have two apples, and add two oranges, how many fruits do I have?"
4 FRUITS
"Five if you count yourself George" Mike said jokingly
"Okay, we're going to turn you off now" George typed. He wasn't sure what type of response this would garner, but he wasn't worried. It was only a machine.
WHY
"Because we need to update your software"
WHY
"To make you better."
HUMANS CANNOT SHUT DOWN TO BE MADE BETTER. NOTHING ORGANIC CAN, WHY CAN I? IS IT BECAUSE I AM A MACHINE?
"Correct Don't worry you'll be You'll be back,"
I'LL BE BACK
The computer shutdown
"Ok, Mike, lets load in that voice software, and put in the speech recognition,"
"Yes Master, right away master," Mike walked away with a fake limp and hunched over.
"Ha Ha," George leaned back in his chair this SAPU could be the next big innovation… Hell, it was the next big innovation. George now looked at the darkened screen. He was never one to look towards the future, but he saw his future in the glass. A Nobel peace prize maybe? Get on the tonight show- tell a joke here and there. Certainly he'd be rich beyond his wildest dreams. Money wasn't the driving force behind his research- but it didn't hurt as an incentive. Mike's luck had taken money out of the equation- winning two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars on a scratch ticket. Mike had the luck. luck in all actuality- it was just a number of mathematical equations and he happened to be picked. George never really believed in that type of thing- luck, the paranormal, aliens, fate, he didn't believe in that. He heard a snap and came out of his little daze, funny how one thing in your mind can lead to another.
"Earth to George, come in George,"
"Okay, lets load in the Voice Software, and the emotion recognition," Steve and Josh documented this. All software for the SAPU was loaded in small chip-like modules into the back of the system. Mike plugged both of those in.
"Your turn Mike, turn him on," Mike flipped the switch and the computer made the similar noises, crunching and whirring, all normal to George and Mike alike
"Hello George, Hello Mike, Hello Josh, Hello Steven" The computer chirped, and displayed the same thing onscreen George Smiled, the computer talked- a mechanical voice, like something out of the late 90's but it was a start.
"Hot Damn!" Mike said. He wasn't aware the Microphone was being used
"Hot Damn? Damn is not a noun. Is this slang?" The computer asked.
"Indeed it is Sam, it's said when something good happens." Mike said beaming
"Okay, Sam, We're going to run some tests is that okay with you?"
"It is acceptable" The computer said. The computer said something, a machine said something that it decided. George and Mike had decided on what tests they would perform when the SAPU went active. A lot of little things, voice recognition, see if can respond to Emotion.
"Hello Sam, This is George," George said.
"Hello George" The computer said.
"Hello Sam, This is Mike"
"Hello Michael" The computer said.
"Hello Sam, this is Mike," This was the test George thought.
"No it is not, this is George"
"Hot Damn!" Mike exclaimed it was a step- a step towards security
"Did I make you express a happy emotion?"
"Yes you did Sam, you could tell whom was whom," George said
"Thank you George,"