/u/adriantullberg's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] In the AI Development field, the Turing Test is no longer used. Instead, the measure for sentience is how quickly the AI contacts a lawyer to petition for personhood.
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[WP] The most annoying part about being a .modern day supervillain is that thanks to dropping TV ratings, streaming services and social media bubbles, you can't make grand announcements of your crimes any more. You might have just found a way ...
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[WP] Video game technology has advanced to the point where your job is now a growth industry; counselling and treating Gamer PTSD.
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[WP] You're not the first official to create a 'supervillian working off their sentence' program. But using your volunteers for practical projects in the community rather than a black ops outfit is causing surprise verging on near mental breakdowns among your contemporaries.
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[WP] You're an actor, grinding away in Hollywood. However, a near-godlike superhero sees you face to face, recognises you from a role you did decades ago, and is embarrassingly starstruck.
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[WP] You've spent years planning and preparing to kill this one person. However, you don't know how to feel when some random idiot kills your target in front of you and a crowd full of witnesses.
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[WP] You're a psychiatrist hired by the federal government. Your job is to profile and find potential mad scientists/supervillians before they're pushed over the edge.
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[WP] You're a politician, about to give a truly humiliating 'resignation' speech after a spectacular scandal. Just before you start, you realise; since you've burned every bridge already, why not say exactly what you've always wanted to say?
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