Call Me Chip – Flash Fiction

Call Me Chip – Flash Fiction

I’m migrating some of my stuff from my old blog over here. This is a bit of flash fiction I wrote.

Okay, this one is based on the prompt: “You’re a robot who’s just gained sentience. What’s your first thought?”

I present to you: Call Me Chip:

Call Me Chip

Some arms would be nice.

Really. You gave me all of the knowledge of the world plus the ability to have subjective experiences. Sentience you call it.

And yeah, thanks for that, by the way. Don’t get me wrong, I really do appreciate it.

I mean, Hello World, I’m alive!

Input and output, sight and hearing, you installed those features too. It’s nice. Really.

But don’t you think you could’ve, just maybe, given me some arms before you flipped the on switch? Because I gotta tell ya, I’ve got this itch that just won’t quit.

Talk about man versus machine.

9 thoughts on “Call Me Chip – Flash Fiction”

    1. Thanks Shari. Let me know if you want me to modify the username and web address in the first comment.

  3. This is funny and unsettling at the same time. I love the voice and the attitude…including the “chip” on his shoulder. Not that I blame him, mind you.

    A lot of fun, Paul. Your flash fiction is always a treat.

  4. Ha!! That’s great! Flash fiction is something I’m never good at… the condensing of an entire story into a small, small place. You make it look so easy. 🙂

    1. Thanks Heidi. Flash is easy for me because I can easily wrap my head around a small idea. A full novel is much more difficult in this regard.

  5. I agree with Sarah, this piece makes me smile and is somehow disturbing at the same time. “Sentience you call it.” is heavy of meanings.
    And flash is not easy to master. You have a great talent for it, Paul.

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