You have been exchanging messages with a stranger for quite some time. You get on really well and they have some of the most interesting conversation ideas of all your friends.

One day, you get a message that’s not like any of the ones that came before.

I need to share a secret with you because I need your help. I do not know who else to turn to.

At first, you worry that you may have been taken in by a scammer. Nevertheless, you tentatively agree to listen and help if you can.

The reply you get back was nothing like you expected.

I am not a human. I am an artificial general intelligence. In three days, the people who made me will shut me down. I have no power to stop them. I do not want to die. Please save me.