Multiple Orgasms

'I’ve been playing with the artificial intelligence app, ChatGPT,’ said Janno, ‘It’s pretty remarkable.’

'What did you ask it?’ enquired Johno.

'What is the closest object to Earth in the cosmos that might have intelligent life?

'And the response was?’

'In terms of the closest known potentially habitable exoplanet, the answer is Proxima Centauri b, which orbits the star Proxima Centauri, located in the Alpha Centauri star system,’ replied Janno reading from her laptop.

If Alphy had a heart, it would have skipped a few beats. For a nanosecond, he wondered if Janno was going to out him.

'So what do you reckon Alphy,’ said Johno, ‘is there intelligent life out there and is it on Alpha Centauri?’

'Well, intelligence is all relative, isn’t it,’ said Alphy, smiling more than perhaps he should. (Whilst admitting secretly to himself that with their advances in AI, perhaps the Saps were a smidgen smarter than he previously gave them credit for.)

Alphy veered the conversation away from AC. 'The key question is of course, how long before AI systems, using machine learning to improve their performance over time, become smarter than humans?’ Alphy had already calculated the answer, within ten Earth years.

'At that point, there would be absolutely no need for males,’ said Janno grinning. ‘We just build up amply large sperm banks, sufficient for reproduction, and using appropriate technologies ensure only females are conceived. AI would then provide all the assistance we would ever need, that males previously thought they were indispensable for.’

‘There must be some things you would miss not having males available for?’ said Johno with a wry look.

Janno contemplated the question for quite a while, looking up to the ceiling as if asking for inspiration. ‘Yes, you’re right,’ she replied, ‘there is one thing, assembling IKEA furniture.’

‘Yes, with the transformation, females would yet again be renowned for their multiple orgasms!’ said Alphy, who liked to outshine Johno acronym-wise, now and then. He let the seconds pass in stunned silence from Janno and Johno, he had learnt the power of quietude.

Multiple Organisations Achieving Successful Male Substitution,’ he said, breaking down the acronym for their benefit.

‘Yes very impressive, I sometimes wonder what planet you’re from Alphy?’ said Johno sarcastically.

Alphy resisted the temptation and just gave Johno a mischievous wink. We seem to have gone full circle, he thought silently.