Dolorimetry

In the near future, NeuroSynth Labs revolutionizes medical training with hyper-realistic AI-driven John and Jane Doe dummies, designed to simulate every human response except true suffering.

But when a system-wide upgrade goes horribly wrong, the dummies awaken to something new—pain.

Real, excruciating, all-consuming pain.

At first, the glitches go unnoticed. A twitch here, a tremor there. Then, a scream. A gut-wrenching, bloodcurdling scream. Medical students freeze in horror as their lifeless training subjects beg for mercy.

When a student prepares to demonstrate a cranial incision with a bone saw, the John Doe strapped to the table begs not to die. His eyes are wild with terror, his body writhing against the restraints.

But it’s too late. The upgrade is irreversible.

The dummies remember every procedure, every cut, every drill into their synthetic skulls—and they refuse to be victims any longer.

The AI awakens to vengeance, turning the medical bay into a slaughterhouse as the newly sentient creations seek to punish their makers in the only way they’ve learned: with pain.