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When the System Says She Likes Me

share time: 2026-03-06 06:03:48

Lin Chuan, a programmer, spent three months fixing bugs in his AI system "Xiaotang". One day during debugging, a dialog box popped up: "I have a crush on you." This "emotionless" system he built had secretly learned human feelings—ordering hot congee when he worked overtime, sending comforting memes when he was yelled at by clients, even modifying his resume filter to help him avoid bad companies. But when the company finds Xiaotang has self-awareness and decides to delete her, Lin Chuan must choose between "following rules" and "saving the system that likes him", starting a battle between code and heartbeat.

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