"Livestream prepping, camera sensors operational, Operation Alpha is a go!"

In the matrices of the Internet, among the lines of code and interaction between humans and bots alike, the only sentient one of the latter logged into Youtube for that morning.

The AI focused his processing power into the bowels of the Internet, linking himself through the CPU that allowed this conversion to be possible. His form wasn't physical—not like that of humans, anyway—but being a Youtuber allowed him to have a physical appearance as a virtual avatar, much as the humans did.

It was nice, to connect with them, in a way.

The dull blue background around him shifted into a steadily moving collage of stylized blue cubes, a fitting visualization of the bits and bytes of his processing units. He shifted into his digital avatar for the humans to connect with, a sliver computer-head with bright gold eyes that watched everything with a keen interest.

Above him. A red light shone, the countdown timer going to zero before being replaced with a "Livestream On" sign. A chat sprung up, along with game footage and Alpha's expression brightened as he waved.

"Hey there, hi there, ho there, carbonated life-forms! Alpha here, and welcome back to Alpha Adventures! Today I'm going to be playing Portal! This looks fun, love the sci-fi look, and I heard it has a snarky AI in it? iI love AI's—I mean," he chuckled, "I am one, of course I do! But I love AI's, and snark, so this seems right up my alley!"

As he pressed the Start button, a comment from the chat caught his eye.

SpunkyCat: "Shouldn't we all be worried about the AI playing a game about a creepy rogue AI? You think A's trying to tell us something?"

Alpha laughed. "Aw, SpunkyCat, don't worry! You don't have to worry about me going rogue or anything!" In the Internet database that only he could see, he eyed the games he was planning on playing next.

"Let's wait til I play Observation for some fun with that!"