Oscar

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"Mass production of the Astrophel project when?" "Never, I don't think things such as Artificial intelligence should be mass produced like Virtual intelligence. Artificial should be created with care and most of empathy. I think as scientists we forgot that part, to care." It was a question hes been asked before, the flashing lights of reporters making his head spin though his voice was steady. "Will you be making more artificial companions?" "Well, no. This was just a one time moment. Any more and I worry that I could become jaded, sloppy. Best to leave it at this." More camera flashes as voices merge together in a flurry of questions, unintelligible of the rest till one reporter yells above the rest "Don't you think your AI is dangerous, especially since you spoke on giving it an artificial body?" There it is, the question he expected, takijg a deep breath. "Anything sentient has the capacity to do evil. Parents make children without thought, but when that child grows up-"