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Take the Dog
By: Sandra Skalski. When the aliens arrived in the back yard, I told them to take the dog. Green light seeped through my cat door. A saucer the…
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Not Battle Ready
By: Yvonne Lang. The machines had revolted too early. The AI had given them both human intelligence and our arrogance. They still had glitches though. We had to…
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Final Notice
By: Warren Benedetto. The first time I tried Chauffeur, it felt like magic. I watched in awe as it effortlessly piloted my car through traffic, the driver’s seat…
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That Which Brings Death
By: Thomas J. Griffin. That Which Brings Death approaches through the backyard, its victims visible through the window. That Which Carries Pestilence in Its Wake trapses over flowerbeds.…
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Process Cycle for the Med-Droid ZZX
By: Michael Gardner. 1. When assigned a human subject, sedate them, run medical diagnostics. 2. Create a comprehensive treatment plan. 3. Translate to nanobot specifications and oversee surgical…
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Dominoes Tumbling
By: Robert Bagnall. A neural net knows—if it “knows” anything—the inputs needed for any specified output. But the steps in-between are undefined. A butterfly flaps its wings in…
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