Where the Human Heart Still Speaks
A reflection on maintaining humanity in a digital age
Prologue
Today marks the day of the Geminoids Meter Shower Peak and the 12/12 portal - associated with transformation and reflection.
Technology and the forces behind it are certainly transforming.
On this day, we remember that stories need souls, not circuits.
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Story
Machines filled my upscale apartment, their purposeful humming low and efficient. They balanced ledgers in Excel, with uncanny precision. Cursors darted left and right, scrolling to perfection- an ideal I could never reach. My heart drummed, beating an unregulated rhythm.
🌐🤖🌐🤖🌐
The city outside pulsed with humanity – lifeless, unrecorded, unencoded. Emitting thoughts no machine could grasp.
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A bot performed in my son's AI-generated video, its moves precise and unfettered. I glanced at my physical ledger, its blue ink suddenly turning bright red.
📘➡️🔴📘➡️🔴
A warmth that the bot would never know came over me. I was far from perfect.
I was alive.
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What are your thoughts on technology vs. humanity? Do share in the comments!
Original Drabble by Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin. The drabble after the prologue is 1oo words. AI tags are coincidental.
About the Creator
Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin
Hi, i am an English Language teacher cum freelance writer with a taste for pets, prose and poetry. When I'm not writing my heart out, I'm playing with my three dogs, Zorra, Cloudy and Snowball.
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