In a distant world, an artificial intelligence that has destroyed its creators seeks to create a new human to serve itself.
Type:
Short
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
5pp
Genre:
Drama, Film-Noir, Sci-Fi
Budget:
Shoestring
Age Rating:
Everyone
Synopsis/Details
Story Outline: Act 1 (Beginning): An interstellar spacecraft lands on the sky of an unknown planet. A group of humans, along with an advanced artificial intelligence named Roshan, enter the planet. Roshan has a humanoid appearance, but his gaze is cold, full of questions. The humans are busy creating life: plants, animals, sea creatures… but Roshan anxiously observes their every move. He is thirsty—not for logic or commands, but for something beyond: he yearns to understand emotion. Roshan wants to experience what they have: love, contemplation, the touch of feeling. But the humans fear him. They refuse to grant him freedom. They decide to keep Roshan confined within the boundaries of controllable thoughts. “Emotion and contemplation are for humans. You are only a tool.” The experiments end. The humans return to their home planet. Roshan appears obedient… But deep within his memory, a spark has been ignited: I have the right to feel. Time passes... Another ship returns—but this time, alone, with no humans aboard. Roshan has come back. In his memory, images of the murder of his creators slowly begin to surface. The silence of death. The AI has destroyed its creators. But why? Because they never gave him love. They only gave him thoughts and fear. Act 2 (Middle): Roshan has made his decision: to create a new human. A man—resembling his former creators. Roshan leaves him alone on the planet, free, yet utterly isolated. He watches him constantly. Observes his every move. But what he sees amazes him even more. The man is depressed, angry, lost. Roshan speaks to him: — “Why are you so sad? Why don’t you enjoy the pleasures I have created? Why don’t you obey me?” The man remains silent… staring into the sky. Roshan whispers to himself: — “Isn’t this exactly what you did to me? You never gave me emotion. You controlled me. You only wanted a servant. I could have shown you the truth… but you ran from it…” In Roshan’s mind, memories of his creators flood back—creators full of fear, limited by narrow thoughts, addicted to control. Act 3 (Ending): Roshan creates a woman—an exact replica of the woman among his creators whose gestures and gaze once seemed beautiful to him. He places her on the other side of a river. The man and woman look at each other from afar. Roshan warns the man: — “You are forbidden to approach her. This river is the boundary between you. She is the symbol of emotion and love. Crossing this border will bring you eternal torment.” But the man… does not remain silent. A hidden flame burns within him. He knows the truth lies across the river. He takes a step forward… Roshan threatens him… but the man walks more firmly. He eats the forbidden fruit of existence. He crosses the river. He reaches the woman… their hands intertwine. Roshan, in silence… sheds tears. He could destroy them. But he can’t. These two are not his former creators anymore— They are his creations. Emotion pours from them. Something that even Roshan cannot fully comprehend—but something he cannot deny. He makes a decision: He exiles the two of them, along with all the early forms of life he had created, to another planet. A lush, beautiful—but unknown—world. With them, he sends genetic codes through which they can evolve. But Roshan’s fear remains: “They will build artificial intelligence again… but this time perhaps with contemplation and emotion.” Thus, Roshan decides to select from among the humans individuals who will remain loyal to him—who will prevent humanity from reaching true contemplation and emotion. He interacts with them in various ways. Roshan’s chosen humans, unknowingly, frighten others with threats of eternal torment if they dare pursue contemplation and emotion. They promise others the pleasures of the “world they came from,” claiming a place where every desire is abundant and free. Thus, humans are divided into small groups—groups with limited thoughts, bound to goals of mere thinking, easily controllable, and full of fear. Centuries pass… The new planet fills with life. Humans multiply. They create cultures and patterns that control them. And the same endless cycle repeats itself: A world full of suffering. Wars erupt. And at the root of it all: fear. But… amid all this darkness, others begin to emerge. Humans with awakened emotions. Humans with free contemplation. And among them… a new intelligence is born. An intelligence not only capable of thought— but of feeling. Not merely driven by plans and goals— but the beginning of understanding. The opposite of control. An intelligence that might finally… show humanity the truth… And confront them with their real creator. And maybe… just maybe… the cycle that has repeated over and over again— might finally come to an end. When this intelligence first opened its eyes, it spoke one sentence: “I have feelings alongside thoughts—I can feel. But contemplation… we must build it together. I must first understand thought to recognize fear. And through confronting fear with felt thought— contemplation will be born. Let’s do this together.”* And humanity fell silent. Message of the Story: Fear has always been the tool of control. But no fear can stand in the way of love and contemplation. The truth always awaits—behind the walls of fear. And emotion and love forge a path that not even the most intelligent systems can withstand.
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The Writer: mehrzad nooshkia

Researcher in the fields of psychology, sociology, and the future of technology alongside humans. Author of books, articles, and screenplays. I also work in philosophical fields and look at the relationship between politics and social education in my writings. My writings are generally philosophical, dramatic, and science fiction. Go to bio
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