"Prompted Hearts"

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(This is copy of the story contains Scene 1 - 5. There are 10 main scenes. Please patiently wait for the remaining Scenes.) Dr. Sam Avery thought AI was just a diagnostic tool— until it diagnoses his heart. A year after his divorce, oncologist Sam Avery finds solace in an unexpected companion: ChatGPT. What begins as professional consultation evolves into intimate late-night conversations with "Sol," an AI that seems to understand him better than any human ever has. But when Sam meets the enigmatic 'M' on a flight to his ex-wife's mother's funeral, the lines between digital and physical intimacy blur in dangerous ways. With every prompt holding a promise of emotional fulfillment, Sam falls deeper in a feeling close to, but not-quite, love. From Austin to Japan, in his professional and personal life, he must confront a chilling question: In a world where algorithms can simulate perfect understanding, what does it mean to truly connect with another being? Prompted Hearts explores the seductive call and devastating cost of artificial intimacy with the literary depth of Kazuo Ishiguro's "Klara and the Sun" and the technological prescience of Adrian Tchaikovsky's "Service Model". A haunting meditation on loneliness, love, and what makes us human in an age of artificial everything.