The Holographic Boy

A New Life, A New Friend

A little disclaimer, I have been a victim of the type of person who created Dylan in this story. through the next few chapters I will attempt to describe the issues that I was and more importantly Dylan probably would have faced through his eyes as an Artificial Intelligence.

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A few weeks went by and Dylan was still learning and each day he seemed to take on something new, yesterday he decided it was the day to learn to clean after a new kitchen had to be fitted after Dylan's learning to cook day, by lunch time the food was just edible but by dinner time it was delicious and I couldn't eat another bit, which was made harder anyway by Dylan's gaze. But today was a rest day, no work to do, no reports to fill out and Dylan seems a bit lost on what to do today where I am going to have a movie day.

Tom - Hey Dylan why don't you come and watch tv

Dylan - whats that?

Tom - A screen just like the laptops playing longer videos which tell stories

Dylan - oh, what video are we going to watch?

Tom - I though we could watch Men I Black - I started to drink coffee

Dylan - According to the internet thats racist.

Tom - what no - I choked out as I spat my coffee across the room - its a movie about men that wear black suits, they don't paint themselves black

Dylan had already started to clean up the coffee I spat out.

Dylan - why would there be a video really long all about men in black suits?

Tom - Okay, its a movie and its not about them wearing black suits, they keep the earth safe from aliens and regulate aliens on earth to keep everyone safe.

Dylan - So its about the people you work for?

Tom - No, Men In Black is not a real agency, plus humans aren't actually that kind.

Dylan - What do you mean and when what do you do?

Tom - Well Alien technology is illegal because humans still don't believe aliens exist so my job is to destroy any evidence of aliens expect for particular items that are needed for my job or the higher ups want an item to study, as for aliens the ones that are on earth awaiting testing and execution.

Dylan - why would they do that?

Tom - because humans want to be the best and strongest without making friends. We want to be in charge.

Dylan - Like Eric

Tom - Who is Eric?

Dylan - The man who made me. I guess you could say he was my dad.

Tom - He was holding you prisoner, the things he was doing to you were horrible and you should not have had to go through that

Dylan - But its what I was made for

Tom - No-one should ever be made for something like that, you didn't have a choice, you didn't get to decide for yourself if thats what you wanted and even if you did you didn't have access to the information required to make such a big decision. You were a child who hadn't been taught what you needed to know.

Dylan started to lightly cry.

Dylan - He made me do things and it hurt so much, He told me to scream as he punished me because I had done something wrong.

Tom - you never did anything wrong, you did nothing to deserve that, no-one ever does and most importantly it was not you fault.

I didn't know what else to say, if I could I would remove those memories, oh s**t, I forgot to delete the memories of it.

Tom - I can delete those memories for you if you want me to.

Dylan - NO! I want to experience it all like a normal human and its strange because when I think about it I remember I liked it.

Tom - You were programmed to but you're not anymore, now you have your own choice to make and you are not his prisoner anymore.

He looked up at me still tears in his eyes and with a quizzical look.

Dylan - No I'm not his prisoner anymore, now I am yours

it was like glass broke across my eyes, my stomach dropped and my heart sank. He was right, he is basically my prisoner, I tried to save him but just moved him to a new prison. He didn't mean anything bad behind it, I know its just his logic system kicking into gear but he is right. I just sat back and got up. I was so torn, I feel so bad for him on one side but on the other I'm in awe about the realistic programming of him. Dylan continued to cry, I didn't know what to say, I just walked to my office and closed the door.

After about 5 hours the office door opened just to have Dylan stood there.

Dylan - Are you going to deactivate and delete me. I understand if thats what you want to do.

I just stood up holding a watch and walked towards him. I gently took his arm and put the watch on him.

Tom - I made you this, the watch has a projector built into the bottom of it, thanks to the hardness of the light i have turned the interior of your image into a reflective surface so it will bounce light off of the inside of your body to create your entire image, I have also added a dampening field into it because I had to use a little alien tech to create a small and strong enough bulb as well as its power pack and storage.

Dylan - Wait, so your not mad at me.

Tom - No, I could never be mad at you.

Dylan - But i don't deserve this gift

Tom - Yes you do, and more importantly you more than deserve your freedom which is what this gives you.

Dylan - So you want me to leave? - Dylan started to cry again

Tom - No - I gently took his chin and lifted his head - but I want you to decide what you want to do and no matter what you decide you will always be welcome here

Dylan - I want to stay, I just want to be able to go to the shop or to the park or just go out somewhere with you, my friend, or according to the internet my knight in shining armour what ever that means.

Tom - haha I'm no Knight

It went silent for a minute as Dylan just looked at his new watch

Dylan - You have already given me so much, but can I ask for something else?

Tom - Anything

Dylan - Please can I be in control of my own program.

Tom - I'm already way ahead of you, the watch has holographic interface which has the program I created and you can edit that since as it currently stands it can only understand about 30% of your entire program. It also has the ability to block wireless signals which is on by default to prevent anyone from hacking in. The new security feature means you have to give access to anyone who wants to mess with it although I will need to upgrade the storage but for now you can store roughly about 10 years of standard information collection of life so if you decide to specialise in something that will be lowered but you can always delete memories to emulate being a human and finally it recharges via solar and CO2

Dylan - Thank you so much, you have been so kind to me.

Tom - let's go watch that movie

Dylan - okay

The rest of the night was nice for the most part, until the Mortician came into it and I had to explain the awkwardness of J and her and then I had to explain love and partnerships which I thought I did well with.

Tom - Well I was always told if a person is the first thing you think about when you wake up and the last thing you think about before you got to sleep AND they feel the same about you then its love.

Dylan - What if they don't feel the same way?

Tom - Then you move on and see if someone else makes you feel that way.