Abstract

What does it mean to have all your needs met? Can humans ever be kept at pets? In this work of philosophical short story fiction, the narrator is the human pet of Tuva, a member of the super AI machine race that has taken over and run earth. The narrator has everything he could want. A wonderful home, an unlimited supplied of media to consume, and a loving (in their own way) owner. He does, however, get bored as there are rising concerns that humans, left on their own, are incapable of taking care of themselves. One night Tuva takes the narrator to a neighbor AI’s house on a play date to meet their human Annika. They have a wonderful dinner that leads to sexual intercourse. After having sex Annika reveals that the narrator has been “studded out” to her so she could have a child of her own to care for and to love. The narrator is offended when he finds out, because human emotions are to unpredictable” that he will not be given access to his child.

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