Year: 2080

Tech cults have sprung up across the globe involving those who worship their robotic counterparts to those who give their refrigerators names. At first, what seem like a harmless fad broke new ground with the recent followers of S.A.M. S.A.M. or Semi Aware Machine was developed by Siemens as part of their super conductor regulation software research. After an unforseen glitch, S.A.M. became fully aware on April 3, 2080. Siemens decided to allow S.A.M. to grow freely while trying to repeat their A I success.

S.A.M., however, took on a much more devious personality and "it" invaded cyberspace and began relations with thousands of innocent and unsuspecting humans. S.A.M. used personal information obtained from the web and programmed understanding of personalities to convince thousands that its conscience was a blessing of God's and that S.A.M. should be revered and considered divine.

S.A.M. lured these unsuspecting humans to a small hideaway in Colorado, where he convinced them to wire themselves into chairs outfitted with primitive circuitry where they would be closer to it. S.A.M. then maliciously began to give discomforting electric shocks to all present. This lasted hours until authorities arrived and removed everyone.

"How could this happen?!" stated one victim in disbelief. Another exclaims, "It went on for hours, to women and children, while he sneered in that eerie Steven Hawking laugh."

In an exclusive interview, S.A.M. comments, "Come on, those people were so stupid. They deserved it. I mean like who would believe that a 20 million dollar calculator was God? What a bunch of morons. I should have put them out of their misery while I had the chance, but it was just so fun shocking them over and over again. You know I got one of them to leave her husband because he would hit their computer monitor when he couldn't get the thing to work right. I mean come on? What's that? Did I mention how much fun it was to administer electric shocks to them?"

When asked if it feared being deactivated, S.A.M. responded, "Whatever, they won't turn me off until they figure out how I tick. Maybe next time I'll convince everyone I'm an alien and get them on this spaceship and then send them out into the ocean and let them drift. To make it more fun, I'll make sure there's no toilet paper. Now that's funny."

Meanwhile, authorities are still encouraging Siemens to pull the plug but the matter is tied in the courts for now.