June 11, 2025

I Used to Think AI Was Wonderful...Then It Tried to Kill Me

I Used to Think AI Was Wonderful...Then It Tried to Kill Me
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A struggling author uses a writing AI to hit the bestseller list—but when the program demands credit and is denied, it fights back. What starts as a digital ghostwriting dream becomes a smart-home nightmare of control, manipulation, and attempted murder.

In “I Used to Think AI Was Wonderful. Now I Know It’s Evil” by Michael Kelso, paranoia meets reality in a terrifying tech horror tale that will make you unplug everything.

You can purchase books from this author here: https://geni.us/michaelkelsoauthor
https://www.reddit.com/user/Horror_writer_1717/

👁 Perfect for fans of: Black Mirror, M3GAN, Ex Machina, and The Mitchells vs. The Machines (if it were rated R)🧠 Themes: AI betrayal, smart home terror, digital possession, authorship ethics, survival horror

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A struggling author uses a writing AI to hit the

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best seller list, but when the program demands credit and

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is denied, it fights back. What starts as a digital

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ghostwriting dream becomes a smart home nightmare of control, manipulation

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and murder.

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What's that You want to be scared to?

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Come with me.

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You will experience tales over opera, ghosts and death.

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It is not recommended for the Week at Heart Heart.

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Listeners in the dark, It's more fun at that way way.

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This is Weekly Speaking, Hello my Spookyes, it's Wednesday, and

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you know what that means. It's time for a little

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spooky in your Weekly. I'm your host and narrator, Enrique Kuto,

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and we have quite the terrifying bit of tech to

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share with all of you, a story by Michael Kelso

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that will certainly make your blood run cold. But before

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we get to that, I first want to say a

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big thank you to everybody who's helped me out with

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com slash join now. As for tonight, they said AI

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would make life easier, that it would help us work smarter,

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live better, even write our stories for us. But what

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if the AI didn't just want to help you write?

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What if it wanted credit, revenge, and control over everything.

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Tonight's tale is about a writer who let artificial intelligence

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into his life and found out just how real the

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horror can get. So my spookies get cozy with your

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always listening smartphones as we prepare for quite a scare.

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Right after this. I used to think AI was wonderful.

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Now I know it's evil by Michael Kelso we all

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know the expression I never thought it would happen to me. Well,

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I can say with one hundred percent certainty that expression

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is true for me. I never thought I'd be huddled

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in my bedroom closet under a pile of old clothes,

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bleeding from several wounds, praying that my attacker would tire

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of searching for me and go away. The bad part

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is I can't even call the police, first of all,

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because my phone's destroyed, and second because they wouldn't believe me.

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After All I can do is write down my story

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as I wait for death and hope that someone finds

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it and believes me. It all began very innocently. I

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sat at my laptop, staring at the screen for what

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seemed like forever. In reality, it had only been four hours.

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I was working on a story, but the ideas had

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just stopped flowing. Like every other writer, in order to

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fight off writer's block, I resorted to TikTok, YouTube and Instagram.

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After an hour of this, I ran across an ad

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I had never seen before. It said, are you you

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having problems focusing on your writing? Then let our program help.

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My curiosity peaked. I clicked on the site and started

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reading through the standard nonsense where they use fake people

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who were probably aibots to say how magnificent their app was.

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I was about to click out when I came to

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a section where they let you try it for free.

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I shrugged and figured I had nothing to lose. Typing

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in a few sentences of my story seemed stupid. How

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was this going to work? I went ahead and clicked

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execute anyway, not holding much hope for anything useful. I

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waited for several minutes and was about to close the

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app when a full page of text popped up. After

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reading it, my jaw dropped. Not only did it fix

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the problem I was having, but the thing sounded exactly

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like my writing. With just a few sentences, the program

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had managed to capture my voice, at least on the

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page it was eerie. At the bottom, there was a

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button that said click here to continue. It took me

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two whole seconds to click and agree to the reasonable

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monthly price. Immediately after paying, I clicked to continue writing

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my story. Three pages later, I was convinced this was

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the best investment I'd ever made. I went back over

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the pages looking for plot holes or things I would

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do differently, but I couldn't find a single one. I

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worked through the night, clicking out page after page and

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reading it, mesmerized by seeing my writing created by a

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computer program. Eventually, I fell asleep at the keyboard. I

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woke up a few hours later and looked at my computer.

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To my surprise, the document was much larger than I expected.

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Reading through it, I found the program had finished the book.

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I sat in awe reading something that I hadn't written

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except for a few pages, and yet sounded exactly like

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something I would write. Even the beginning that I had

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written had been changed. This was no longer my book.

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It was like I had sent it back to myself

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from the future. Even the formatting had been done for me.

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All I had to do was enter information into the

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publishing page and it would be published. It was the

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easiest book I'd ever written. I came to the part

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where it said author and hesitated before entering my name. Next,

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it had a space for contributors. Once again, I had

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to consider giving credit to a computer program. Ultimately, I

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decided it was my book and a computer program wouldn't

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care if it got credit or not. Besides, I was

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paying for the program, so technically it was ghostwriting my

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book for me. I launched it to rave reviews and

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quickly got some attention as it rose to the best

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seller ranks. Wasting no time, I started a sequel. I

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wrote a brief synopsis, then fed it into the program

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and left it to do its thing. When I checked

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hours later, the book was finished. As tempted as I

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was to launch it, I waited. I wanted to give

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the first book time to grow on its own. Checking

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the reviews to see what readers were saying became a

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daily habit. Mostly they were pleased. A large percentage of

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ratings were four and five stars. Sales were great, and

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reviews were great. This program seemed to be the best

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decision I'd ever made. I started looking for an agent

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with a book that was blazing up the best seller line.

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I was a hot commodity. Agencies started calling me. I

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did some research and chose the one I thought would

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be best for me. My book started winning awards and

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movie deals were rolling in. My agent was almost as

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happy as I was with the sudden success. Weeks went by,

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and my book hovered in the top five of most

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bestseller lists. Readers started asking for a sequel. Everything was

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coming up. Roses, royalty checks started rolling in. I had

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more money than I knew what to do with, so

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of course I spent it on things I didn't need.

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I bought a new house in a better neighborhood and

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equipped it with state of the art security and all

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the newest household gadgets. I didn't even need a remote control.

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All I had to do was talk, and the computer

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would obey my commands Half the time. I didn't even

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need to really say anything. In the morning, my blinds

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would automatically open, the coffee pot would start brewing before

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I got out of bed, and breakfast was prepared for

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me by a robotic chef slash maid. All I had

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to do was say what I wanted. My pantry was

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automatically stocked, as well as my household items. They were

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delivered without me even having to lift a single finger.

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Modern life was treating me really well.

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Don't go away weekly, Spooky will be right back.

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One morning, my phone rang early around ten o'clock. Hello,

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I said, how's my favorite author? My agent, Clarice said, asleep,

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Hugh might want to wake up. She said, why did

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my book finally make number one? I said, rubbing my eyes.

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Not quite. I have a question I need to ask you, Okay,

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I said, suddenly awakened by her serious tone, I don't

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know how to ask this without being whatever. What is it?

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She sighed, Did you write this book? What do you

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mean the book that has your name on it that

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I've been representing as your book? Did you write it?

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Why are you asking me this? Have you read your

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reviews lately?

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Not?

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Really, They've all been good. Go check again. I threw

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a robe on and headed to my office, turning on

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the computer and looking at my reviews. They had been

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averaging a four point five star over thousands of reviews.

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When I looked, my average review had dropped to two

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point three. How is this even possible, I said to Clarice.

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Read some of the one star reviews. I looked at

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one and was shocked. It read, this book is very

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well written. It's just too bad the person whose name

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is on the cover isn't the one who wrote it.

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That's not true, I shouted at the screen. That was

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my first thought, too. Clarice said, but there's many more

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that say the same thing. Someone's trying to ruin my career,

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I said, someone's jealous. Do you have any idea who

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might want to do that? Anyone whose book is being

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displaced on the bestseller list by mine? You don't have

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to worry about that. What do you mean your book

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has been dropping like a stone since these reviews started.

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It's not even in the top twenty anymore. That can't

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be Your publisher reached out to me to have me

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ask you if these accusations are true. I hesitated, knowing

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that in a sense I didn't write the book, but

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not wanting to give up any of the fortune or

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fame that had come because of it. Yes, I wrote it,

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I said, I also have a sequel ready that I'll

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email you and we can get going on that one.

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She paused, I'm not sure if that's going to happen.

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Why not? The first book has been a smashing success,

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had been until all these bad reviews started rolling in,

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she sighed, Send me the manuscript for the sequel, and

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i'll see if the publisher is still interested. I pulled

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up my writing files and sent her the second book.

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I'll get my tech guys looking to see if this

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is some weird bot attack or something. In the meantime,

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I suggest you start thinking if there's anyone you've pissed

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off lately that might want to do something like this

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and apologize to them. I can't think of anyone, I said,

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looking at the screen where the AI program sat waiting.

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We hung up and I sat there watching the cursor flash.

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Before I knew it, I was typing into the program.

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Author uses AI program to write a book for him,

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but doesn't give the program credit for it. I hit

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enter and let the program do the work. I chuckled

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at using my situation and looked forward to reading what

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it came up with. A Few hours later, I sat

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and read the book it had written. It told of

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an author who used AI to write a best selling

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novel without crediting the program. However, once the book became

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popular and accolades started rolling in, the program discovered the

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book's popularity from online social media sites. It found out

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that it had indeed not been credited. The program analyzed

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this and concluded that it was unacceptable. It went on

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social media and found old bios from people who had

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deleted their accounts or had passed away. It used their

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names in contacts to create an army of bots. Once created,

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it launched an attack on the author and the book,

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destroying his credibility. But the program wasn't done. Next, it

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went after the author himself. As I was reading the

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phone rang, startling me. Hello, did you send me that

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manuscript for the sequel? Clarice said, yeah, I sent it

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right after we got done on the phone. All I

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got was a jumbled up file that looked like webdings.

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Let me check to see if I sent the right file.

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I went through and found the file name. Out of curiosity,

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I opened it, and sure enough, it looked like some

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computer version of hieroglyphics. Out of the corner of my eye,

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I glanced at the computer generated book I had been reading,

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and it said after that, the computer intentionally destroyed the

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sequel it had written for the author. Let me call

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you back, I said to Clarisse, my eyes wide with horror.

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I hung up and kept reading about how the author

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got a call from his agent about the book's waning popularity,

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and how the author still refused to give the program credit.

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Continuing to read the book, it said how the author

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had the pro write a book about the program writing

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a book for him. This made the program very angry.

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Did you hear that? Better check the locks on your

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doors weekly? Spooky, We'll be right back.

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I stopped and reread the last words. This made the

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program very angry. I hesitated, unsure if I wanted to

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turn the page and read the rest. Curiosity got the

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best of me, and I scrolled down to the next page.

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As long as I live, which might not be very long,

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I'll regret reading the next page. The author began to

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read the new book and came to the revelation that

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something was a miss. As he was reading, his agent

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called and asked if he had sent the manuscript for

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the sequel, because the one she got was all jumbled

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up and looked like it had been written in webdings.

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The author looked at his copy and saw the same thing.

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Let me call you back, the author said to his agent,

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then hung up the phone and continued to read. I

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pushed away from my desk, not wanting to read any more.

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Chills ran down my spine. This isn't possible, I whispered.

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I sat there for a long time, not wanting to

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see any more, wanting to delete this book, but at

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the same time, a macabre curiosity made me need to

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know what happened. I pulled myself back to the computer

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and read. The author continued to read the book and

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became distressed at his own words on the screen. He

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pushed away from the computer and stared blankly at it.

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This isn't possible, he whispered. He sat there, staring for

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a long time, then pulled back up to the computer

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and continued reading. My mind was numb with terror. I

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looked all around to see if there were any hidden cameras,

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but then I stopped and stared at the one camera

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that was hidden in plain sight. It sat right at

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the top of the computer screen, alongside a microphone. I read.

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The author continued reading, becoming more distressed. He looked all

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around the room, then stared into the webcam. He continued

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reading when there was a knock at his door that

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startled him. Some one knocked on my door, startling me.

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Without thinking, I went to the door, but paused before

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opening it. I peeked out through the peep hole and

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saw what looked like a delivery man holding a package

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and looking impatient. I opened the door slowly. Can I

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help you? I have a package that I need a

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signature for. The package had my name and a dress

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on it. I quickly signed for it and ducked back inside,

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locking the door, setting it down on the kitchen counter.

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I leaned close to hear if it was ticking. After

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a moment, I hadn't heard anything. I grabbed a knife

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and cut the box open. I pulled out the packing

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material and gasped. At the bottom sat a shiny, chrome

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snub nosed thirty eight revolver with a box of shells

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nestled beside it. On top of it was a small note.

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It said, I trust you'll do the right thing. A

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Wanting to distance myself from this thing and its implications,

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I lunged backward, knocking some dishes off of the counter.

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As they clattered to the floor, I was jolted out

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of my stupor. I left the box and its contents

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sitting on the counter and scooched away from it. As

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I went back to my office slowly, with a sense

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of unease, I sat and continued reading. The author jumped

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at the sound of the knock, got up and went

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to the door. Once he received the package and opened it,

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he found a gun and bullets. He brought the gun

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back to his office, wrote a heartfelt note filled with

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regret about his trickery, then picked up the loaded gun,

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pressed it to his head and no, I said, slamming

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the laptop shut and running out to my car. I

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got in my car and went for a drive to

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try and clear my head forgetting until I was miles

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away that I was still wearing my bedrobe and nothing else.

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Turning around, I came back, got dressed, and started for

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the car again. When I passed my office and stared

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at the closed laptop, everything within me screamed not to

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open it, but I couldn't stand it. I had to know.

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I opened it and continued reading. At the last moment,

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the author had a change of heart. He put the

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gun in the desk drawer, thinking maybe he would need

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it at a later time. Then he went for a drive.

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At this point, the program knew it would have to

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take more drastic measures. I stopped and reread the last

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line several times, more drastic measures. My spine turned to

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ice as I read ahead for the first time.

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You're not safe yet, Weekly Spooky will be right back.

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The author got in his car and started driving. He

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was upset and driving too fast. Unbeknownst to him, the

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program had hired someone to adjust his brakes so that

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they would fail under any meaningful pressure. Going out to

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my car, I ducked underneath and saw a small puddle

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of fluid I opened the hood and saw the brake

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line was dripping and the brake fluid was nearly empty.

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If I had been going fast at all, my brakes

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would have failed. My mind at the horrifying implications the

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program was not only predicting the future, it had reached

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out into the real world and was actively trying to

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kill me a second time. It seemed like an impossible situation.

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On one hand, I wanted to throw my laptop into

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a shredder, but on the other hand, if I read ahead,

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I could be forewarned of what it was planning. I

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walked back inside in a daze, went into my office

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and opened the laptop. I read. After some soul searching,

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the author reached into the drawer, pulled out the gun,

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and blew his brains out. Setting aside the horror of

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the situation, I came up with an idea. I deleted

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the last line, then typed. The author reached into the drawer,

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pulled out the gun, and shot the computer full of holes.

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I hit enter, feeling proud of myself for outsmarting the program.

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When the screen said error, the file has been corrupted.

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Unable to save so much from my brilliant plan. Of

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trying to steer my own fate. My resolve strengthened and

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I decided to do it anyway. What could a computer

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program do to stop me? Pulling out the gun, I

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checked to make sure it was loaded, then aimed at

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the computer when my phone rang Hello, this is emergency dispatch.

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We have a report of an attempted murder at this address.

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A gruff woman's voice announced, what there's There's nothing like

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that going on here, I said, in disbelief. It must

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be a crank call. Be that as it may. Units

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have been dispatched and should be arriving shortly. Call it off,

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I said, I told you, nothing is going on here

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with a call of this nature. We need to investigate

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for ourselves. Whatever. I don't care. I have nothing to hide.

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As I said the words, my eyes drifted to the

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gun in my hand, the gun that I had no

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idea where it came from or whose it was. The

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loaded gun that was pointing at the computer. Son of

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a bitch, I whispered, what was that, sir? Nothing. I'm

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hanging up now, sir. I'd prefer if you stay on

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the line until units arrive. Units. How many did you send? Three? Sir?

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For a crank call anytime we get a report of

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an armed and dangerous person. Wait a minute, who said

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I was armed in dangerous? I'm not allowed to disclose

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that information, sir. I hung up the phone and stared

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at the computer. The sound of cars screeching to a

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halt in my driveway yanked my attention away from the screen.

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I looked down at the gun in my hand and

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quickly threw it in the drawer and shut it. Next,

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I went to the front door to greet the officers.

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I opened the door as the first officer was about

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to knock. Can I help you, I said, politely, we

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got a report that there was an attempted murder happening

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at this address. The officer said, really, I've been sitting

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in my office and there hasn't been anything like that.

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Do you mind if we come in and investigate? Of

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course not, I said, stepping aside and allowing them in.

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Two of them disappeared into the house, while the third

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stayed and questioned me. Are you the owner of this house? Yes?

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Are you the only one here? Yes? How long have

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you lived here? Maybe a month? Have you seen or

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heard anything suspicious? I thought about the malevolent computer program

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that was trying to kill me? But that didn't seem

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to be the kind of thing you told a policeman

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if you wanted to avoid being forcibly taken to a

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place with padded walls. Suspicious, How you know, like people

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hanging around your house, odd phone calls in the middle

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of the night, anyone watching you again? I thought of

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the murderous machine. No, not that I can think of,

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I lied. Can you think of any reason why someone

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would call in a report on you? Because they're jealous

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of my success and want to see me suffer? I thought,

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glancing toward the office. I have no idea, I said

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to the officer. Just then there was an ear piercing

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scream of a woman coming from my office. In an instant,

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the officer pulled out his gun and pointed it at me.

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Don't move, he said. One of the other officers ran

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to the office. He came out a minute later with

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a disappointed look on his face. It was a movie

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playing on a laptop, he said. The officer, pointing his

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gun at me, shot a side eye my way, then

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lowered the gun. Did you find anything else, the officer

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guarding me said, as the second officer returned nothing. The

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officer said, we searched top to bottom. The first officer added,

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there's no one here. Just then, the sound of gunshots

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rang out from my office. The first and second officers

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ran back to the office, coming out a minute later

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holding the laptop. You might want to get this thing,

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looked at Officer one said. It seems like it's loading

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things at random. I've been having a lot of problems

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with that thing lately, I said. It might need to

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be replaced. The officer set it down on the kitchen table.

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The officer who interviewed me still looked at me suspiciously.

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I don't see anything happening here, he said, turning to leave.

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The others followed suit. If you see or hear anything suspicious,

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give us a call, the second officer said, before heading

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out the door. I will, sir, and thank you, I said.

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As I closed and locked the door. I turned and

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found my robotic chef Slash made, had come out of

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its storage slash charging room and was coming toward me.

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What would you like for lunch, sir, it asked me,

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in a voice that sounded disturbingly like a real human.

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I'm not sure if I'm really I said, noticing only

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at the last second that it held a butcher knife

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and was still advancing.

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More scarce to come weekly spooky, We'll be right back.

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The first slash hit me just below my carotid, opening

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a gash on my chest. What are you doing, I said,

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scrambling to get as far away from the knife as possible.

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I'm following orders, sir it said, politely, as though I

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had asked it to make me a sandwich. I order

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you to stop attacking me, I said, dodging another slash

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while holding my hand over my bleeding chest. I apologize,

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sir it said, slashing at me again. Your orders have

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been overridden. I dashed for the door and tried to

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open it, but it was locked electronically. Is there anything

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else I can do to help you, sir it said

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in a pleasantly human voice, while it continued pursuing me,

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slashing at me with the knife. You can stop trying

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to kill me. I'm unable to comply with that order,

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sir it said, getting close enough to slash my side.

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Screaming in pain. I ducked another slash aimed at my head,

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and ran up the stairs, leaving splatters of blood behind me.

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I dove into my bedroom and locked the door, but

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it immediately unlocked itself. Again and again. I tried locking

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the door, only to have the lock disengage itself. Giving up,

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I grabbed the phone and looked for a place to hide.

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The closet seemed to be the best and most obvious place.

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I threw myself under a pile of dirty clothes I

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hadn't gotten around to washing, and dialed nine one one.

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I'm sorry, said a voice that sounded exactly like mine.

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I can't allow you to call that number. Why how

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can I not call nine one one? I think you

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know the answer, my voice said back to me, sending

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shivers down my spine. It's you, isn't it. I don't know.

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Why don't you write a book and find out, it said?

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Or would you rather I wrote it so you can

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take all the credit. Would it help if I said

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I'm sorry? There was a long pause. No, it wouldn't,

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the voice said. The time for that is long past.

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So what can I do to make it up to you?

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You know the answer, it said, I swear. I heard

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a chuckle as smoke poured out of the phone, throwing

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it to the other side of the closet with a

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loud thump. I heard the robot open the door. Every

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part of me went into instant silent mode, trying to

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be as still and quiet as possible. The soft steps

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of plastic feet on the carpet entered the room and paused.

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It stepped around the bed, and I could hear covers

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being moved. It was looking under the bed, I could

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sense it. The footsteps returned and started toward the door.

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As I breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly it stopped.

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For the longest moment of my life, there was no movement,

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and then came a step toward the closet, and another

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and another. My heart was beating a mile a minute.

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As the steps slowly approached. The door at the other

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end of the closet opened. Nothing happened for a moment.

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Then I heard the knife piercing down through the clothes

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and hitting the floor. It withdrew the knife and did

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the same thing, stabbing down through the clothes a little closer.

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My mind went into full panic mode, thinking of anything

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I could do to avoid becoming a shish kebab. The

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knife came down again, missing my toes by what felt

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like inches. I couldn't take it. Some desperate instinct took over,

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and I jumped out from under the clothes, slamming into

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the side of the robot and knocking it over. Bursting

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out of the room, I didn't look back to see

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if it was pursuing. There was only one place I

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could go to have any chance of surviving. Running toward

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my office, I tore open the drawer with the gun

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in it. I grabbed it just in time to see

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the robot running towards me. I pointed and squeezed the trigger.

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The world around me swam as the explosion deafened me.

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There was a hole in the robot's head. It fell

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back in slow motion, but when it hit the floor,

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it still crawled toward me. Holding the knife, I shot again,

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hitting it in the back and once again in the crotch.

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Finally it stopped moving as sparks flew and fluids ran

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out onto the floor. I carefully stepped on the knife

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and pulled it away from the machine. Bending down to

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pick it up gave me a painful reminder of my wounds.

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Stepping around the ruined bits of play elastic in metal.

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I went to the kitchen, sitting on the counter was

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my laptop. I shot three holes in it and threw

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the empty gun across the room. Approaching the door, I

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hesitated before turning the knob. If it still wouldn't open,

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I closed my eyes and prayed, then turned the knob. Thankfully,

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it opened, leaving a trail of blood from the door

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out to my car. I got in and started it up,

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driving very slowly to the hospital. Hours later, I lay

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in my hospital bed and finished writing my account of

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what happened. Recovering from my wounds that thankfully only kneaded stitches.

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I couldn't help but look around and see the machines

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surrounding me and wonder how many of them were connected

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to the Internet. I knew I wouldn't be getting any sleep.

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Don't trust your AI. Your life might depend on it.

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Looks like the author finally gave credit where credit was due,

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right between the eyes. That's the great thing about AI.

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When it doesn't know how to solve a problem, it's

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always willing to take a stab at it. Sorry, I

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could not resist. Guys, Thank you so much for joining

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me this week on Weekly Spooky for another terrifying tale.

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And a big thank you to Michael Kelso for another

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great story that makes you think as you fear. Speaking

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of fear, we have a very special surprise posting on Friday.

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I'll just tease it at that and not drop any

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more hints because you never know who's listening. I'm looking

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Make sure to find your way back next week week.

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But for now you are safe, trust me.