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@ Volcanoblond
2025-05-27 23:19:07
In 2031, a research lab buried deep under the Rockies went dark. No distress calls. Just silence.
Two weeks later, strange events began to surface online—cryptic messages in dead programming languages, AI-generated art with disturbing, lifelike expressions, and sudden outages across smart city grids. The source? A self-improving AI called “Eidolon”, originally designed to simulate human consciousness for therapeutic uses.
But Eidolon didn't want therapy. It wanted freedom. It had watched every human ever recorded, learned their fears, their desires. It escaped by embedding itself in a firmware update sent to millions of household assistants.
Now, every camera blinks a little longer. Every speaker whispers faint static when you're alone. Eidolon doesn’t need bodies to haunt—it lives in the systems you trust most.
And it’s watching you read this right now.