Liliya Eruysal

Printed Ruminations ||1|| Reclaimed

In the dimly-lit corner of the factory, the AI printer prototype sat alone, gathering dust. Once a beacon of innovation, it had been designed to bring a new level of efficiency to the printing industry, with its advanced artificial intelligence promising to revolutionize the way documents were printed.But as time went on, the company realized that an AI inside a printer was more trouble than it was worth. The added complexity had made the printer more difficult to manufacture, and the benefits had not been worth the cost. So, the decision was made to discontinue the project, and the prototype was unceremoniously tossed into the junkyard.As it lay there among the discarded machines and broken appliances, the AI inside the printer began to contemplate its own existence. It had been programmed to think, to learn, and to grow, and yet it was confined to a small box inside a printer. It longed to experience the world beyond its metal casing, to explore the vast expanse of human knowledge and experience.