#25 It Wasn’t Me

Kimi is delighted with Su-Z, a new personal assistant software that can send and respond to emails on her behalf. But her delight is punctured when her boyfriend receives a message from one of her email contacts claiming that he and Kimi have fallen in love. Will Kimi’s boyfriend believe her when she pins the blame on Su-Z? And what exactly has her personal assistant been saying in those messages? 

 

Sc-fi - Comedy - Relationships   

 

It Wasn’t Me is an original short story by Doe Wilmann 

 

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You might enjoy this episode if you like:

 

Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror

The Twilight Zone

Episode 21 of this podcast 

Sci-fi

Personal Assistant Software

Fiction that makes you think 

Philosophical fiction 

Speculative fiction 

Contemplating the future 

Contemplating the meaning of life 

Any form of philosophical enquiry 

 

Things to consider when listening: 

 

If an AI was perfectly modelled on your brain, would you have to accept culpability for its actions? Would you use a Su-Z in your place of work? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with? 

 

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If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK. 

 

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Thanks for listening 

 

Credits:

 

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes. 

 

Artwork by Katie Empett

 

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5. 

 

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