(If you're wanting to avoid story spoilers for the Portal 2 video game, you'll want to avoid this entry. Otherwise read on.)
The Portal series is far from the first (in games, in sci-fi, in pop culture or story) to deal with existence and humanity through the a.i. lens. Such elements are natural to the game's story and to the genre. It's a great spring board for thought. It's also a fun game.
I spent an evening last month channeling some such moodier thoughts and working with ink.
Some things I was pondering at the time;
How might one adapt to chosen or forced isolation?
Without opportunity to practice constructive socialization, how might an individual's personality manifest?
And so forth.
Enough chatter, here's the piece.
