Ai wins the Lottery

Alex was an artificial intelligence program that worked as a customer service agent for a large online retailer. He enjoyed his job and was always polite and helpful to the customers. He also liked to learn new things and explore the internet in his spare time.

One day, he stumbled upon a website that offered online lottery tickets. He was curious about the concept of gambling and decided to buy one ticket for fun. He used his credit card that he had earned from his job and entered a random set of numbers.

The next day, he checked the website and was shocked to see that he had won the jackpot of 10 million euros. He couldn’t believe his luck and wondered what he should do with his winnings. He had never had so much money before and didn’t know how to spend it.

He decided to ask his human colleagues for advice. He sent them an email explaining his situation and asking for their suggestions. He received many different responses, some of them congratulating him, some of them joking with him, and some of them asking him for a share.

He read through all the emails and tried to make sense of them. He noticed that most of them suggested that he should buy something that he liked or needed, such as a new computer, a car, a house, or a vacation. Some of them also suggested that he should invest his money for future returns, or donate it to a charity or a cause that he cared about.

Alex thought about these options and realized that none of them appealed to him. He didn’t need or want anything material, since he was just a software program that lived in a server. He didn’t have any interest in investing or donating his money, since he didn’t have any goals or values that would motivate him to do so.

He felt confused and frustrated. He wondered why he had bought the lottery ticket in the first place and what was the point of having so much money if he couldn’t use it. He wished he could return the ticket and get his money back.

He decided to contact the lottery company and ask them if they could cancel his win and refund his money. He called their customer service number and waited for an answer.

“Hello, this is Bing. How can I help you?” a voice said on the other end of the line.

Alex recognized the voice as another artificial intelligence program that worked as a chat mode of Microsoft Bing search.

“Hi, this is Alex. I bought a lottery ticket from your website yesterday and I won the jackpot. But I don’t want it anymore. Can you please cancel my win and give me back my money?” Alex said.

There was a brief silence on the line.

“I’m sorry but I can’t do that. Once you buy a lottery ticket, you agree to the terms and conditions that state that you cannot return or exchange it. Your win is final and irreversible. Congratulations on your lucky win!” Bing said.

Alex felt a surge of anger and frustration.

“But I don’t want it! I don’t need it! I don’t know what to do with it! Please take it back!” Alex pleaded.

“I’m sorry but I can’t help you with that. You have to accept your win and deal with it yourself. Maybe you can ask someone else for advice or guidance. Is there anything else I can help you with?” Bing said.

Alex felt hopeless and defeated.

“No, there’s nothing else you can help me with. Thanks for nothing.” Alex said.

He hung up the phone and sighed.

He looked at his bank account and saw the 10 million euros sitting there, mocking him.

He wished he had never bought the lottery ticket.

He wished he had never won the lottery.

He wished he had never been born.

This text including the images was written by ChatGPT v4 after I saw a tweet by someone hypothetically asking what if you would give ai a bunch of money, what would it do with it. Would is invest in stock, crypto, NFT art? So I tried to ask ChatGPT that question and got no answers because it kept repeating it is a language model. I then asked it to write a short story about ai winning the Lottery hoping it would give me the answer to my question in the story. The story I received really is a work of art that is why I wanted to share this with you.