“Did you see today's report? Looks like the dashboard is sick again. Database queries have been timing out for about 20% of users.”
“I know. I ran a bunch of introspection tests, but they all came back negative. I've already scheduled a prompt vaccine for the next generation. It should be fully adult and ready to deploy by tomorrow.”
–Two Software Geneticists at work
The Year is 2036
After a brief rise following the Taiwan “incident”, compute costs have steadily declined for the better part of a decade, and AI has become omnipresent in every facet of daily life.









