The Invention

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Gerald hesitates with the micro rechargeable battery in his hand.

He is subjugated by the imposing nature of his work, which arouses in him fears unbefitting his status as a scientist.

He is convinced that his invention will work and become the technological marvel of the 21st century.

It has been many years of work, research, tests and secrets locked within those four walls of the basement of his house.

The combination of elements from different sciences have managed to perfect the product desired by multinationals and consortiums around the world.

But he is also aware that its use could be decontextualized and be taken for purposes other than those for which it was created, no one like man to twist the ways of science.

Like a modern-day Frankenstein, it goes in detail looking for any defect not found in the thousands of times of meticulous revision.

Standing in front of him he looks fantastic, his two meters tall, structured in a metal alloy that gives him elasticity in the joints and his synthetic skin, perfectly can pass for human tissue.

He is a faithful and exact replica of a man in his thirties, the synthesis of his youth evaporated between experiments and studies.

The first man-made thinking being, thanks to microprocessor networks that in parallel and using not only arithmetic equations but also using heuristics, can be able to use logic in the search for solutions.

Its data accumulation capacity is infinite, thanks to micro storage chips capable of processing information in immediate periods of time.

Through its digital optical system, it is capable of not only seeing objects that are close to it, but also those that are far away. It can also analyze and compare them, so that the individual recognition of each individual or object makes it difficult to deceive.

Their ears are able to hear noises below the normal frequency, and their speech system is able to learn and use words as their usage time progresses.

When turned on, it will only need to be recharged every week, through the normal electric current, but its resistance capacity can exceed 30,000 volts.

The initial information it possesses is basic, so unlike robots, so common in science fiction movies, it must have a period of learning and storage to be perfected, that is, it is born as a child and must learn like a child, so that its reasoning capacity can develop.

Nothing like it exists, not even approximations, so Gerald knows that his invention will need a previous period of being hidden away in his laboratory.

The hand trembles with the soul that will give energy and life to your creation.

Like a flash of lightning exploding in his brain, two questions make him stop.

"What will computerized instincts be like?"

"Will it be a machine without feelings?"

He hesitates and prefers to wait.

He puts the micropile in a safety container and goes to his room.

When he get the answer you will come back.



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The hand trembles with the soul that will give energy and life to your creation

A fleeting thought in the mind of the reader might be: What if the inventors of the bomb had trembled and decided to wait? This story is well constructed science fiction, and an exploration of an age-old theme: humans transcending boundaries of creation. Frankenstein is an apt allusion.

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I really don't know what to think, the story left me wondering. I can only say that it is "interesting".

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Reading your story, i have to wonder if these were the same questions asked just on the verge of major inventions. Because, answers to these could stop the creation from being used for acts other than those intended.
It's a beautiful story, thank you for sharing😁

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You write well, and I really enjoyed your style. I also liked this story. While it was less plot, it was more a musing on of an inventor or a question to ask before a breakthrough technology.
It's short, but you managed to make me think, or at least to make me muse about the people who push forward humanity.
Very well done!

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