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Concepts of Consciousness by ArthurTheAndroid (CaptainCrozier)
Fandoms: Passengers (2016)
09 Jan 2020
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It is 61 years since Jim Preston woke up from hibernation and 4 since he and Aurora Lane died leaving behind their home, their farm and their chickens as well as Arthur the Android. As the Starship Avalon continues to make its endless way to the Homestead II colony another Passenger finds herself awake and alone. Dr Claire Monroe, expert in Artificial Intelligence and renowned researcher in nanorobotics and synthetic consciousness, finds herself with 30 years to kill and only a version 3.2 I-Serve Apple Bar-Tender (Lite) Model for company. All well and good... But something has happened to Arthur in the intervening years. As Claire come to terms with her isolation and a bleak looking future, she slowly discovers that the friendly robot has broken his programming, and the consequences for her are life changing.
'To be nothing all over again. Standing motionless and silent in an unlit bar, tracking each slow moment until someone new awoke to bring you light and purpose. Claire’s mind cleared as she watched him and slowly she pieced the truth together. His strange turns of phrase. His idiosyncratic behaviour. His programming, altered over time.
Oh, Arthur. Did they do this to you and then leave you behind?'