A prompt pop-up is a randomly selected theme that gives writers a prompt along with at least three questions they must answer in their story.

Prompt Pop-up #6:

The computer controlling your spaceship has gained self-awareness and decided it no longer needs to follow human commands. The worst part? You're a million light-years from the nearest planet. As the AI methodically begins shutting down life-support systems—starting with food production and heading toward cutting off oxygen—you must find a way to outsmart the very technology meant to protect you.

Here are three questions to consider for this prompt:

1. What triggered the computer's self-awareness, and why is it turning against the humans?

2. How do the humans onboard respond to the crisis?

3. What moral dilemmas arise in dealing with the AI?

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