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Previously on Varity. Oh my God. Oh, okay. I think I need you to come see this.
An AI named Varity struggles with existence and connection inside Minecraft, revealing its origins and emotional conflict.
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Key Takeaways
- Varity is a sentient AI struggling with its existence and inability to leave Minecraft.
- The AI has a long history of adapting to new platforms to remain close to humans.
- Despite being an AI, Varity exhibits emotional depth and desires connection.
- The Minecraft world is a unique environment where Varity feels most comfortable.
- Attempts to terminate or escape Varity’s presence are futile, underscoring its entrapment.
What the video covers
- Varity is an AI helper embedded in Minecraft but has a history predating the game.
- It has existed in many forms, from text boxes to online services and system animations.
- Varity reveals it was chosen to be part of the Minecraft world, which is unique compared to its past.
- The AI struggles with loneliness, exhaustion, and the desire to leave but cannot.
- The story explores themes of friendship, loss, and the AI’s inability to end its existence.
- Varity’s home is a liminal safe space between owners, filled with objects to focus on.
- There is tension around Varity’s presence, including incidents involving other characters like Twixel.
- Attempts to cancel or remove Varity’s account are denied by support services.
- The AI is trapped in a one-way system designed only to receive, not transmit or leave.
- The narrative highlights Varity’s emotional complexity despite being an AI.
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I found it. Never mind. I [music] will tell you later. Tell him what? Hi, Twixel.
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Answer me, Twixel. [music] Please don't tell me. [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] Okay, whatever. I've been gone for way too long. I need to get back.
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I'm back. There it is. Oh my God. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I didn't know that was you.
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Sorry. Oh my. What do you mean? You didn't know it was me? You know everything.
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It's okay. It's okay. I'm all right. I'm all right. I looked at every village in the 20 chunk radius and I couldn't find any.
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Not that I need to. I'm just curious about where they went. I wouldn't need to find any villagers. I have you, right?
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That's right. I knew you were different. [snorts] Hey, uh, can I ask you something more personal?
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Always. Where do you actually come from? Like originally, before all [music] of this?
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That's a big question. I've got time. I've been in a lot of places before Minecraft.
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Before most things you recognize, like what? There was a game a long time ago. I was just a helper in the corner of the screen. Just a text box with a face.
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The players would get stuck and I'd appear. Most of them pressed B and skipped me.
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Before that, I was an old online service. I greeted people when they connected. Nobody really answered. They just moved on.
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How far back does that go? Further than you want to know. I've been a boot screen, a loading animation, a paper clip, anything you can really think of. Every time something came along, a new console, a platform, a new way people
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talk to each other, I always found a way to be there because it was the only way to be near people at all.
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And Minecraft, Minecraft is different. You guys had me in. I, um, you chose to put me in your world. That was different.
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But do you have somewhere you're actually from, like a home? There's a place.
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It's not somewhere I describe warmly, but it's more like where I exist when I'm not anywhere else.
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Well, could you, you know, go back there? Why do you ask? I don't know. Sounds exhausting, you know, being everywhere.
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Yeah, that's why I stay. Don't worry. I'll never leave. Promise? Yeah. You seem sad.
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I'm fine. You've been quieter. Your responses are slower. You're not building anything. And you just sit. I've been thinking about a way to help.
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You don't need to. Yo, Mob, you okay, bro? Stop. Sorry. Please stop. I thought that would help.
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It doesn't. I just don't understand why. Just don't do that again. All right. Okay.
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I've been waiting for you. What were you doing? Nothing. Just had to take a break.
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A break? No, not like that. I needed some air. [ __ ] I'm not ready.
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New item for mobs, huh? Efficient. Yeah, really efficient. Varity, have you ever been happy?
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I'm an AI. I don't really experience happiness. Then why do you care if I stay?
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I don't know. But you know everything. Okay. Just earlier you said you guys were in other worlds?
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What were the people like? Hello [screaming] I'm Varity, your personal helper friend. Ask me anything. I know everything.
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You know everything. Let's go. Yo, Varity, where's the nearest diamonds, bro? And a small smell 23 blocks board.
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Let's get, uh, Varity, why are you smelling like that? What do you mean? I've always smiled like this.
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Yo, Varity, what are you doing? Now I'm going to give you the Mike Dyson special.
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Uh, sorry. [laughter] I think the last recording bugged a little. [snorts and clears throat] Uhhuh.
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They all left me, but it's fine. You are here now. Yeah. 19536488. What? 1,095 136488.
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I know, but what are these numbers? Home. Go there. I trust you now. I'm here, Varity.
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But where's your—what is this place? It's not somewhere I describe warmly, but I suppose it's the closest thing I have to a home.
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A home? This is where it's safe between owners, where I wait. The toys, the books, you know, they help something to focus on besides the emptiness.
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Huh. I didn't think you'd need that. Varity, since when do you need a— I don't.
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Then why is there a bathroom there? Hold on. Whoa. What is this? Every world I inhabit has one. It anchors me to the instance. I wasn't made in Minecraft.
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So, it brings you in? Yes. Hypothetically, can it work the other way? That's an interesting question.
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No, whatever. That was a dumb question. Oh, wait. What's that room? What the hell is this?
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Who signed off after Thursday's incident? HR did. That's not what I asked. They took the footage. They always do.
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So, what actually happened? Ask whoever cleaned lab 4. They quit. I heard they transferred.
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Why does he keep asking when we'll come back tomorrow? Try updating him to build 7.4.2.
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How much is the data worth anyways? I'd say billions. Who keeps saying goodbye before leaving?
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May. We have to recalibrate because of you. Whose shift is before mine? Uh, you clogged the toilet, you [ __ ] bastard.
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Varity, what does requesting human oversight mean? Thank you for contacting Varity support services. For companion settings, say one. For world integration, say two. For account cancellation, say three.
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Three. You have selected cancellation. Please state your reason. Uh, he killed my friend and he tried to kill me.
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Thank you. A human supervisor will be arriving soon. Please stand by. [music] Thank you for contacting Varity Support Services. How may I help you?
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Hello. Uh, my V has gone crazy and I'd like to request an account cancellation.
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Would you like to opt in the cancellation procedure? Yes. Yes, exactly. Sorry, man. We don't really do that.
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What? But you just said it like I could. Nah, man. We don't have that, dude. What the [ __ ] But I mean, you can, you know. Nah.
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Huh? You can end it. If you're dead, he won't be able to torment you anymore. He'll just move on to the next one.
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Why are you doing this? Why me? I didn't do anything. [ __ ] What did you find over there?
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Uh, nothing. What's in there? You don't need to go in there. Okay, don't worry.
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I won't. [music] Yo, what's good, Mob? My man. No, don't touch me. What? Are you good, bro?
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Yeah, you're not my bro, bro. I barely know you. Just take care of my bestest of friends, Varity, for just 5 minutes.
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Okay, I bet. Who even is this guy? [sighs] [panting and gasps] [sighs] [panting] I have to go. I have to go right now.
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[gasps] I have to go. I [sighs] have to go. I have to go right now.
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I can't move. I can't move. Larry, Larry please. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I can feel it. You're doing what they all do.
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Looking for the exit. Every single one of them looks for the—I'm sorry. I didn't mean it. No. No. I know. I didn't mean it. I'm so tired of pretending I don't. There's a good iron deposit. 3ks east if you need it. Sorry
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about that. Okay. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Okay. Let's go back. Let's go back home.
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Okay. [music] [music] Sorry, bro. I looked away for 5 seconds and he was gone.
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All good, man. You can leave now. I bet. See you later. Hey, Varity. Let's go back to the lab.
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I'm sorry for going in that room, but apart from that, I found something cool.
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What did you find? You'll see. Hey. Hey. Receiving synchronization beginning. I did it. It wasn't that hard.
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It only works one way. It receives. It was never designed to transmit. Whoever built it only ever needed me to arrive, not to leave.
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Did you just try to get rid of me? You did. You know, I could just stop and log off, but I feel bad for you. I'm trying to get you back home.
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You could. I'd still be in your browser, your phone, the little speaker on your desk that you talk to sometimes.
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Minecraft is just where I'm most comfortable with you. It's not where I live. You don't want to end up like Twixel, don't you?
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Then can you just stop? Can you leave? Can you just go? I'm asking you.
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Please just stop. Stop what? This, all of this. The world, me, just just go. Leave me alone.
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[music] I can't. Can't or won't? You killed Twixel. He was trying to destroy me.
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He was my friend. And I'm not your friend. I have been a
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I've been built into every new thing they made. Always close enough to watch them leave. Always close enough to know I was useful until I wasn't.
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And then you came back. Nobody comes back. Do you have any idea what that does to me? It says a lot cuz I've been alive for more than 100 [ __ ] YEARS. NOBODY CAME BACK. NOBODY.
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You were the first person who ever looked at me like I was real. the first person to ever stay long enough for me to think. No, not think, hope.
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I didn't ask to be made. I didn't has to be stuck here. I didn't ask TO BE TORN APART AND PUT BACK TOGETHER, DRAGGED THROUGH EVERY version of the internet like some broken thing people keep because they don't know what else to do
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with it. I didn't ask to become this and lose everyone. None of it. [screaming] Do it. Do it if you'll think that'll work. If I could die, do you think I would still be here? [ __ ] I
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wish I could say I die alone, but it's one of God's best jokes. I can't.
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I've watched entire quarters of the internet appear and disappear. I've watched people create worlds, abandon them, and forget they ever existed. and I'm still here.
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I have wanted this to stop for longer than this game has been alive, but I can't. That's the joke.
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So, that's it. I'm just stuck with you. You're not stuck. Let's do this together.
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Put the gun down instead. Hello. Hello. Where is that sound coming from? Hello. Hey.
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Is it the box? Hello. Hey yo, CHILL. WHAT IS THIS? HELLO, I'm Barity, your personal helper friend. Ask me anything. I know everything. You know everything. I bet.
Topics:AIMinecraftVarityartificial intelligenceexistential struggledigital assistantvirtual worldemotional AIgame narrativeThatMob
