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    'Default'
    'Default'
    'Default'
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    'Default'

    By Brad Oh

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    Marie has been sent by SALIGIA Inc. to ensure that the distractible cognition-engineers Nick and Albert meet their deadline on ‘Project: Adam’—a state of the art A.I. personality interface set to revolutionize the way robotics interact in the world. As she grows tired of their constant philosophic debates however, she turns to the new Reality TV Show, ‘Welcome to the 1%’ for the insights she needs to hurry them along.
    Watching three vagrants vie for a chance at the gilded life, Marie finds a peculiar take on the human condition, and uses this to cunningly subvert the high-minded ambitions of the two engineers, and turn the project towards the profit-driven purposes of SALIGIA Inc.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrad Oh
    Release dateJul 6, 2017
    ISBN9781370849130
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    Brad Oh

    Brad OH Inc. is a thought conglomerate consisting primarily of Brad OH, who is based out of Edmonton, AB. Brad OH has a background in psychology, with a philosophy minor. Brad OH Inc. writes short stories, blog postings, and novellas addressing social and psychological quandaries. Brad OH Inc. is also working on the completion of his second full-length novel, 'Edgar's Worst Sunday'. For more information, visit http://bradohinc.com/novels/. -Brad OH Inc.

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      'Default' - Brad Oh

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      By Brad OH Inc.

      Copyright 2017 Brad OH Inc.

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      A Short Story by Brad OH Inc.

      Working alongside Albert and Nick over the past few months had not been easy for Marie, but SALIGIA Inc. had deadlines to keep and shareholders to please, and she had been brought in to ensure they did just that.

      It wasn’t the job itself which bothered her—this was her forte. On top of that, she was proud of the project—inspired even. It was just that, although irreproachably talented, the two Cognition-Engineers were constantly trying her with their inane banter. In the last few days alone, she’d been subjected to countless philosophic rants entirely lacking in any real-world pragmatism.

      Of course, these were punctuated by brief flourishes of genius—the exact quality that made both engineers indispensable to SALIGIA until ‘Project: Adam’ was finally complete.

      Are we ready to close the simulation? she asked, already fearing the answer. As soon as the project was done, she’d be free of the two cloudy-headed savants, and ready for assignment to a less trying station. Fortunately, today was the due date—and come hell or high water, it was Marie’s job to ensure it was met.

      Finalizing the personality adjustment algorithms now, Albert called from across the lab. Marie watched the numbers scrolling by, searching for any sign of anomaly.

      For the moment, nothing seemed out of place. The laboratory itself was a large rectangular space with a long counter in the middle. The entirety of the lab was covered in monitors and keyboards—the sum of their efforts represented by the numbers and graphs scrolling along them. Everything was a smooth, matte black, with no trace of shine or polish. This was considered easier on the eyes of the workers, and thus

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