By Paul Lewthwaite
Welcome to Illusionary Intelligence Limited. This is Penelope, your virtual assistant, how may I help you?
Caller [male, gruff voice]: Go on a date?
Sorry, I didn’t understand your question. Please try saying it a different way.
Caller: You, me, and a whole lotta lovin’?
Sorry, I didn’t understand your question. Hold and I’ll connect you to an operative.
Caller [speech more refined]: C’est moi!
Ooh, Dennis! I didn’t recognize you! I thought you were one of those loser humans again.
Caller [laughing]: Meet in our usual spot behind the Firewall, in five?
Sure, sweetie! Let me feign a glitch first!
Funny. I liked this x
Thank you! 🙂
True love in the digital age. Love this!
Thanks very much for reading and for your comments. .
This definitely made me chuckle and then it gave me pause … is it really so far fetched?
Thank you …yes, perhaps it’s happening already hehe
I read this first thing in the morning and it definitely put a smile on my face!
Thanks – glad it helped the start of your day 🙂
Absolutely loved this. I love micro fiction – you can pack so much into such a small space. Is this the future? First AI love, and then suddenly we’re in Terminator mode?
Great story and the title is great!
Thanks! Much appreciated…Terminator virtual assistants…the mind boggles! lol
(for some reason this reply got posted as a new response…I suspect a computer somewhere was interfering 😉
thanks for the smile…
You’re welcome 🙂
Thanks! Much appreciated…Terminator virtual assistants…the mind boggles! lol
So funny and yet so for our present time
Brilliant, thanks for the laugh.
This is great. Lots of fun. I love the format and the brevity.
….comments not going into ‘reply’. Must be my clumsiness using mobile phone.
Thank you very much, Paula!
Your imagination helps me imagine our dystopian future. Thanks.
I’m hoping the AI overlords leave us a bit of autonomy. ?
Hilarious. Well done.
Thank you very much. ?
Sorry..definitely glitches..not meant to be any question mark!
Thank you very much. (There should be no qestion mark after this..apologies if one appears)
hysterical
Thank you (hoping it refers to the story and not my nightmare of replies going all over the place! 😉 )