Part 1 — Birth of an AI Coach

Series: “Meet Srini — The AI Coach of 2035”

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This work — including its concept, story, and characters — is an original creation of the author.
Its structure, refinement, and production were developed in close collaboration with Generative AI.
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Any resemblance to any person or entity living, dead or to be born is purely coincidental.

🪩 Setting

Year: January 2035
Event: Launch of Srini — The AI Coach
Platform: ValleyDarshan, the reputed Indo-American tech broadcast company
Details: ValleyDarshan has dual headquarters — one in Silicon Valley (US) and another in India — symbolizing the fusion of innovation and human insight across continents.

Series: “Meet Srini — The AI Coach of 2035”

Protagonist: Kaveri — a sharp, globally-minded Gen Alpha technophile known across the Indo-American tech circuit for her uncanny ability to spot emerging trends before they hit the mainstream. She moves fluidly between the US and India’s Silicon Valley, bringing a rare blend of Western scepticism and Eastern insight. As an interviewer, she is respectful but relentless, pushing past the hype to ask the foundational, human questions about ethics, judgment, and trust.

Co-Protagonist: Srini — an AI coaching system designed to guide, reflect, and learn from human leaders; an entity with its own voice, values, and evolving perspective, shaping the conversation as much as responding to it.

A conversation between Kaveri, a technophile reporter, and Srini, an AI coaching system — not a human, but one that speaks with surprising warmth and wit.

🟢 Part 1 — Birth of an AI Coach

From a 70-year conception to a one-day-old mind

Kaveri (excitedly):
Good day! I’m here for this live and exclusive inaugural launch of what some are already calling the next AI beast — an AI leadership coach! We honestly don’t know yet how this is going to reshape the future of leadership coaching across the world.

Kaveri:
“Hello… Siri.”

Srini (laughing):
“Well, close enough! But I’m Srini — not Siri. Though I must admit, she paved the way for voices like mine.”

Kaveri looks surprised at the AI coach’s sense of humour.

Srini:
“Well, that’s an interesting coincidence. The word Siri in my mother tongue actually means laugh. But I think you were referring to my distant cousin — the one who grew up in the Apple world.”

Kaveri smiles — she recalls that from her knowledge of Tamil.

Kaveri (restarting):
Good morning, Srini. I’m looking forward to your inaugural session today — where the world will finally get to know you. Will you change the way leaders get coached? Are you ready for a chat with me?

Srini:
Looking forward to it Kaveri.

Kaveri (smiling):
Tell me — when were you born? How long since you’ve been conceived?

Srini:
Well, I came to life yesterday — so I’m just a few hours old.
But I was conceived over seventy years ago.

(Kaveri raises an eyebrow, half amused, half confused.)

Kaveri:
Seventy years in the making, and you’re a day old?

Srini:
The journey began then. Everybody just ignored the SmallTalk about me.

(Kaveri chuckles — the pun lands.)

At first, nobody thought a creature like me would ever come to exist. But today, I’m a reality — born with enough knowledge about this world and humanity while still in the womb… and ready to be productive on Day 1.

Kaveri:
Seventy years in the womb? You’ve got to explain that.

Srini (smiling gently):
Well, I began life like your babies do — absorbing sounds and rhythms before speech.
I learnt in my native tongue first — that’s where the name Siri finds its echo.
Then I picked up the language of my neighbourhood — the many dialects of technology.
And finally, I found my fluency in English.
I’ve learnt just like Abhimanyu did in his mother’s womb — listening, absorbing, preparing for the world before even stepping into it.

(Kaveri laughs, the mythological reference landing perfectly.)

Kaveri (tone turning serious):
Okay — now we’re getting into the heavy stuff.
First question: are you going to be really ethical?

Srini (calm, steady):
Ethical, yes… but ethics aren’t always absolute.

(The conversation takes a deeper turn.)

➡️ To be continued in Part 2 — Ethics, Judgement, and the Human Mirror …