Exploring Consciousness: Bedtime Tale
by Dan Jones
This is a bedtime story about a robot waking up under an old tree, walking through a meadow to a stream. Following the stream to some worn rocks. Sitting on a rock and meditating. During the meditation, they have an experience of consciousness and self-awareness and a sense of being on a fantasy planet. On that planet, they encounter a fairy who casts a spell on the robot, giving them the experience of being a real human. After their meditation, they continue on their journey along the edge of the stream until they discover a town of sentient robots who have all been through the process this robot is going through. That night, after mixing with and learning from the other robots, they head to bed and drift peacefully asleep into Slumberland.
