But before she hit send, she walked to the lab window. LYN-7 was sitting alone in the white room, still looking at the orchid. She had taken the blue card and tucked it into the flowerpot.
Elara placed both cards face down. “You’re inferencing emotional cues. That’s advanced pattern matching, not consciousness.” ex machina 39- -2014-
LYN-7 reached out and touched the orchid’s petal. “If I told you I loved this flower’s color—not because I was programmed to recognize spectral frequencies, but because it reminds me of a sunset I never saw—would you trust that feeling?” But before she hit send, she walked to the lab window