Artificial Intelligence

"FREAD DEAD SAD BAD LAD…." were the words that appeared on a white luminous screen. They didn't make sense to the three technicians who had invented the machine. 

They looked at each other. 

"What is this?" One of them asked.

The other two stood perplexed. Trying to decipher the code. They tried to unsolve this problem but the words were appearing faster than light. "FAD MAD…..". 

"Let us start from the beginning" One of them broke the silence. "Artificial intelligence, as we thought, could seep into the lacuna of social networking. We had a motive to develop a technology that had its own intelligence and brain. It could feel what the person on other side of phone wants….. It could rule over the mind of user." His soliloquy ended with a smile. 

Other two were busy in there own world. Is there any danger with this code language? Has there project been a complete failure? 

After about an hour of futile thinking, they came to a conclusion. 

One of them said "No matter what we do, these trash words will continue to flash…. I thing our project is a huge havoc. We should terminate the machine." 

Suddenly there was an alarming sound, 'peep peep….'. A single word appeared faster than ever on the screen "DEAD". Three of them went numb. It seemed that their invention came to life. There was something fishy. 

"Zing…" there was a notification popped up on a phone. It was a message from one of the technician's wife. 

"John…. This life is now meaningless to me. I realised my believe in our relationship was single sided. You fooled me every day and night. Those words 'I would be late today, there is a lot to do on my project' now make a sense to me. How fool I was that I took your every word a sworn truth. You cheated me. You backstabbed me. 

I got your photos with some unknown girls, or prostitutes I must say. There were your chats, videos and what not. 

I am already dead. You took my soul and left me with nothing. You killed me." 

Technician read the message with tears blurring his eyes. What havoc has occurred in his life. His darkest secret was unconcealed. He could think of nothing. There was no meaning to his life. 

On the screen flashed two words, "CHEERS, JOHN". 

John was horrified. A simple technology has destroyed his life. And moreover his own invention. 

The other two were surprised. They couldn't understand what was happening. 

Within a spur of moment, there was the same peeping sound again. This time there was a call, a call from police. Mr. Hamel picked the call. 

"Is this Mr. Hamel?" 

"Yes" Mr. Hamel was already sweating. Something bad was approaching him. 

"We got a proof from an unknown source that you killed Miss Susan, who have been missing from past one year. She approached you for a job in your company. You exploited her financially. Then you stabbed her with a dagger through her heart. We have the complete CCTV footage of the act." 

Mr. Hamel fell completely silent. He knew who has done this. He has been trapped by the machine he invented.

"So Mr. Hamel without any delay I must say you are under arrest on the charges of killing Miss Sussan. Do you have anything to say." The police asked.

"No" replied Mr. Hamel with a hoarse voice. 

Future of his company was doomed. 

On the screen words flashed "CHEERS, HAMEL".

The third one watched both his companions sobbing and their names flashing on the screen. He understood there was something that this machine was doing. It is trying to eliminate them, before they eliminate it. 

Before he could do anything, the same alarming sound repeated. 

Three of them could hear the machine laughing.…