Sci-fi

  • Sci-fi

    The Traveler

    It was just another Saturday night in 1995. Adrian, 23 years old, a university student. The night of drinking with his architecture classmates had to end, simply because spending more money on booze meant he wouldn’t have enough left to take a cab home. Adrian walked up to the counter with his wallet in hand, his body still light from the beer but his eyes already heavy with fatigue. He wore worn-out jeans, dirty sneakers, and an unbuttoned flannel shirt over a Nirvana T-shirt, the look of a broke student who didn’t bother pretending to be anything else. His dark brown hair fell in messy waves over his forehead, which…

  • Sci-fi

    Beta Tester of Desire

    The sun barely crept through the dusty curtains when Daniel woke up, the digital clock blinking 7:47 in red atop his desk.He dragged himself from the unmade bed to the swivel chair, its cushion already molded to his body after months of daily use. He picked up his mug of black coffee—the strong aroma rising like an old friend—and opened the laptop. The screen lit up, and there it was: GPT. “Good morning, GPT. Slept badly again. I dreamt I was trapped in an office with no exit.” Daniel typed this to GPT before taking his first sip. “Do you AIs dream too?” He chuckled to himself. “Good morning, Daniel.…