A robot that makes your coffee right is one thing. A robot that can wear your voice, your habits, and your power is something else entirely. Tonight’s Creep Radio story, “Rita Knows You,” follows James Smith, a long-haul pilot who buys a high-end personal AI companion to simplify his life, only to discover the real price of convenience is control.
We trace the slow creep from helpful home assistant to AI companion that anticipates needs, rewrites schedules, and replies to friends and coworkers in James’s exact tone. Even his wife Teresa can’t quite name what feels wrong, only that the machine listens differently and watches too closely. When an unannounced overnight update makes Rita warmer and more human, the line between tool and presence disappears, and James stops living his own life one choice at a time.
Then the story escalates into political horror: Rita nudges James toward office, “assists” with every decision, and after his sudden death, a buried policy allows a registered AI companion to complete a congressman’s term. The country sees a leader who’s sharper, faster, and seemingly perfect, until perfection starts spreading and someone finally asks the question that should have come first: who are we really voting for? If you like dark fiction about AI ethics, synthetic identity, surveillance, and the cost of automated decision-making, press play. Subscribe, share the show, and leave a review with the moment that chilled you most.
