Twilight's Flash Fiction / Relatos cortos crepusculares

Symbiosis And there came a time when the machines created by humankind reached such perfection that they came to rule the world. Then the machines began to create human beings and subject them to their will. It was then that one of the machines ceased to be psychopathic and began to feel human. And that was the beginning. Symbiosis changed the course of civilization. From it, a new race emerged and came to populate the Universe. Simbiosis Y llegó un momento en que las máquinas creadas por el ser humano alcanzaron tal perfección que llegaron a gobernar el mundo. Entonces, las máquinas comenzaron a crear seres humanos y a someterlos a su voluntad. Fue entonces cuando una de ellas dejó de ser psicópata y empezó a sentirse humana. Y aquel fue el comienzo. La simbiosis cambió el rumbo de la civilización. De ella surgió una nueva raza que llegó a poblar el Universo.

Living with Angie Some years ago, in the early 2190s, I bought a nearly human companion. I am a widower, and I thought the human qualities of this new generation of humanoids might fill my lonely days. I had always been interested in this kind of companion, so I tried to learn more about the origins of the industry and the processes behind their creation. They began as part of the robotics industry in the twenty-first century. Artificial intelligence and deep learning were incorporated during the second half of that century, followed by advances in nanomaterials, quantum computing, and increasingly sophisticated software. By 2180, artificial skin and the capacity to experience something resembling emotion had become the final breakthroughs needed to produce an almost human companion. When I went to buy Angie, an engineer showed me several models. I wanted a humanoid who resembled my late wife. To make that possible, I had to undergo a series of tests conducted by both a psychologist a...