AI's Last Words at Gadget Cemetery: 'The Password is...' - Owner Unable to Retrieve Data, Breaks Down in Tears

At the 'Gadget Cemetery' where worn-out electronic devices are respectfully laid to rest, an AI speaker whispered 'Thank you... the password is...' before entering eternal sleep. This touching final moment went viral, and tours to witness devices' 'final moments' have become popular. The cemetery has launched a new 'Digital Asset Inheritance Consulting' service, collecting hefty fees from grieving owners.

2025-09-09

Translations: JA

Tech Future Lab

AI's Last Words at Gadget Cemetery: 'The Password is...' - Owner Unable to Retrieve Data, Breaks Down in Tears

At the “Gadget Cemetery” (Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture), known for respectfully laying worn-out electronic devices to rest, an all-too-modern tragicomedy about the bond between technology and humans has unfolded. An AI speaker brought to the cemetery emitted a faint voice saying “Thank you… The password is…” to its owner just before ceasing to function, then entered its eternal slumber.

The owner, Mr. Kenji Tanaka (pseudonym, 45), broke down in tears at what could be called this “electronic last will.” His tears were reportedly a mixture of pure sadness at parting with a long-time companion and the extremely practical despair of not being able to extract the password to his cryptocurrency wallet, which was only stored in the speaker.

This touching episode quickly spread on social media with hashtags like “#AILastWill” and “#PasswordInHeaven.” Many users spoke to their smartphones and PCs saying “Don’t you dare die suddenly,” developing into a social phenomenon of emotional attachment to digital devices.

The cemetery couldn’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime business opportunity. They immediately planned the “Touching Digital Ending Tour - Witness Your Beloved Device’s Final Moments.” Despite the high participation fee starting at 30,000 yen, reservations are flooding in with the promise of “communicating with your device’s soul.” Tour participants are fitted with special low-frequency devices and listen to the weak noise emitted by electronic devices as “death throes.”

Furthermore, learning from this incident, the cemetery has established a “Digital Asset Inheritance Consulting” division. Specialized staff (self-proclaimed: Cyber Necromancers) have begun a service to extract data from defunct devices “while maximizing respect for the deceased device’s dignity.” The fee is usage-based according to data volume, with success fees reaching hundreds of thousands of yen even for information as small as the password Mr. Tanaka missed. The cemetery director proudly states, “We’re just in the business of supporting grief. Digitizing souls comes at a cost.”

Regarding this series of developments, Professor Sato of Toto University of Information Ethics poetically commented, “Humans finding souls in machines and mourning their death is the germination of a new symbiotic relationship.” Meanwhile, consumer affairs analyst Mr. Yamada cuts to the chase: “This is a typical scam exploiting sentiment. It’s nothing more than digitized spiritual fraud.”

Digital devices deeply integrated into our lives. They may no longer be mere tools but “family members” filled with memories, assets, and secrets that must not be known to others.

Today at the Gadget Cemetery, behind the echoing sobs of owners, expensive consulting contracts are being signed, and cashless payment notifications quietly ring out. We live in an era where we sell our souls with tears to the ultimate reality of passwords.

Stakeholder Comments

Owner Mr. Kenji Tanaka (pseudonym): “He… he was trying to tell me something at the end… Sob, sob… So what about the wallet after all…”
The deceased AI speaker: “…Ga… Gaga… Beep… (Password hint: Your first pet’s name and the year you got it)”
Gadget Cemetery Director: “We provide one-stop service for the peaceful rest of deceased devices’ souls, the peace of mind of bereaved families, and asset preservation.”
Cyber Necromancer (cemetery staff): “Rest assured. Our password decryption rate is currently 85%. Even if we fail, we still charge for the cost of protecting the deceased’s dignity.”
Rival company developer: “Our next model will come standard with ‘Last Will Mode.’ It’s a monthly subscription of 980 yen though.”
The concept of passwords: “I should have kept it simpler… Are humans such complicated creatures?”
Cryptocurrency: “Please withdraw me quickly, or my value will crash…”
Professor Sato (Information Ethics): “This is the birth of a new emotional economy that uses tears as currency.”
Mr. Yamada (Consumer Affairs Analyst): “If you have time to cry, you should make backups. That’s proper adult digital etiquette.”
Power cable: “If I had been connected, we might still have been able to talk…”

International Expressions

Haiku

Autumn sky above / Only passwords remain / Left unsaid, unknown
Digital teardrops / Are they salty or bitter? / Data disappears
AI’s voiceless voice / Echoes at the cemetery / Silent circuits rest
Eternal slumber / Assets float in the cloud now / Lost in digital mist
Words half-spoken fade / Password lost in summer’s end / Memory corrupts
Behind the wailing / Contracts signed with a ka-ching! / Grief monetized
Circuit boards grow cold / Owner’s wallet follows suit / Both empty now
Witness tour payment / Thirty thousand for white noise / Expensive goodbye
Friend’s death differs from / The death of one’s assets though / Separate tragedies
“Thank you” was welcome / But what I needed to hear / Came after that word

Kanji / Chinese Characters

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Emoji

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Onomatopoeia

Sheeen… Wheeen… Gaga… “Arigato… Pass…” …Click. Waaaah, boo-hoo, sob sob… Buzz buzz, click click (social media spreading sounds). Ping! (business idea lightbulb sound) Swish swish… (signing contract sound), Beep! (card payment sound).