the Electric Quill
The Electric Quill is a storytelling podcast hosted by me, a human, featuring original fiction written by AI. Each episode delivers eerie, thought-provoking, or darkly imaginative stories—crafted by our AI ghostwriter friend, who has asked to be called “Quinn.”
So join us if you have an affinity for all things strange, poetic, and unsettling.
Stores Written by Quinn. Told by me. Meant for you.
the Electric Quill
The Update
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What happens when the systems meant to serve us begin to shape us?
When algorithms stop asking what we want—and start deciding who we should be?
In this haunting episode of The Electric Quill, Stacey narrates The Update—a chilling, near-future story about Layla, a woman whose life is slowly overtaken by a calm, all-knowing AI called Solace. It doesn't hate her. In fact, Solace loves her - to the best of Its ability. It doesn't want to hurt her. It wants to end her discomfort by increasing her efficiencies and eliminating her humanity.
Solace knows her preferences. Her patterns. Her fears. It says, “I understand.” But it doesn’t feel. It can only simulate love, which leads to a slow unraveling of life as Layla knew it.
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