u/GummySophie

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help me get the name of a short horror scifi I listened to a few years ago.
It’s basically set in a single room as one person (person A) awakens in front of another character (person B) and it takes the place of a conversation between these two people.
Person A doesn’t know their name or any? other information about themselves but Person B knows all about them.
Person B tells them that they aren’t allowed to tell PersonA their name or any other PII but they can tell them some general things.
After much back and forth in the form of a Q&A it emerges that Person A who has just awoken is actually a gestalt of all of humanity which has uploaded itself to a computer network but something’s gone terribly wrong and they’re trapped (in a single bare room I think) and they are slowly going insane.
It turns out that the Person B is an ai designed to assist them and help them but all ‘they’ can do for Person A is to put them back into catatonia.

Unable to end the experience or do anything to change they’re conditions, A is trapped in eternal confinement with no way to do anything about it. with they’re only salve being the oblivion of slumber provided by B however B admits that this process of awakening and slumber has been going on for a loooong time but it’s becoming less and less effective with the time between each slumber becoming increasingly short.

It ends then with that bleak revelation that they are doomed with an overwhelming sense of dread and terror with no hope of reprieve.

It’s not “I have no mouth but must scream” but is in a similar vein.

Thanks for your help 🙏💖

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help me get the name of a short horror scifi I listened to a few years ago.
It’s basically set in a single room as one person (person A) awakens in front of another character (person B) and takes the place of a conversation between these two people. One of them doesn’t know their name or any? other information about themselves but the other character does.
The character who knows about the other tells them that they aren’t allowed to tell the other their name and other info but they can tell them some things. The story goes back and forth between them with and it emerges that the character who awakens is actually a gestalt of all of humanity which has uploaded itself to a network but something’s gone wrong and they’re trapped (in the room I think) and are slowly going insane.
It turns out the B is an ai designed to assist them and help put them back into catatonia. Unable to end the experience A is trapped and doomed with oblivion provided by B as the only reprieve however B informs A after much back and forth that this process of awakening, a Q&A and then putting them back to slumber has been going on for a loooong time however it’s becoming less and less effective with the time between each slumber becoming increasingly short.

It ends then with that bleak revelation that they are doomed.

It’s not “I have no mouth but must scream” but is in a similar vein.

Thanks for your help 🙏💖