A robot stood at the rooftop edge of a skyscraper and was about to leap but suddenly froze.


    "Dr. Frederick, it works! Memory loop erasure protocol successful!"


    "Wonderful, Marsha. I''ve based it on ''terror management theory''—besides, picking up after pieces of self-terminating robots is both tedious and quite depressing."


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    "I know, right? Who knew they''d learn to experience an existential crisis—if only humans had such a feature." Marsha frowned.


    "Oh, Marsha, I''m sorry about your son. I''ll contribute this to ''The Chip'' neural implant. If it can do the same for humans, we can save millions of lives!"