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Write a science fiction story where all human behavior can be predicted — until your character does something the algorithm did not expect.

Posted in Science Fiction on Jul 31, 2021

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“Robotic Natures ” by Sydney Begin

Submitted to Contest #72

In the early mornings of the hour, a sunrise casted over the tall, silver buildings, painting them in shades of red and yellow. In the penthouse of one of the skyscrapers, a young woman with golden blonde hair stepped into the bathroom. She glanced into the mirror and tucked a hair behind her ear. Her golden eyes were hidden behind a pair of thin glasses with lines of code running in the corners of the lenses. She reached out and grabbed a sticky note hanging on the corner. It read, ‘Hey Caroline, I went to get repairs on my car this morning...

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“Somewhere in the Unknown Part 1” by L U C A .

Submitted to Contest #72

PROLOGUE  “He’s getting out of control. He needs to be stopped.” said the voice in the shadows.  “He’s only fourteen.” “That’s old enough. I mean he fooled the machine, he has to be dangerous.” There it was again, the man’s sickly machine that kept all mankind “in line” or so he said. Just yesterday a boy was found in the warehouse where the machines were made. This is the most unsuspected thing. That is saying a lot considering we have a machine that knows what everybody in this state is going to do, has done or even might do. Thi...

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“Patterns” by Marissa M

Submitted to Contest #72

People always called me crazy. "Ambrose, robots aren't going to take over society", "Ambrose, you're going crazy", "Come on Ro, you don't actually believe all that stuff, do you?". I was used to it really. Conversations would stop when I entered the room, mothers would hold their child closer when I was around, etc. . . No one believes me, but I don't care. It was a normal Wednesday afternoon, I was on a shopping trip. Like usual. I waved to an employee who pretended he didn't see me. Predictable. There was a child throwing a fit. Predictabl...

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“The Guardian Angel Project” by Giovanna Duarte

Submitted to Contest #72

Being designated to a human is no easy task. To excel it, you have to be properly trained by the Angels Unity and Rearing Agency, popularly known as A.U.R.A. Most myths tell that angels were born this way, beautiful and mighty. No, most of us start training as younglings, being injected a serum early on. I wasn’t new to this world when they injected the cold liquid inside me. I can remember vividly what happened.Simply telling the side effects don’t cover up to half the brutality that is this process. The feeling of being split in half ...

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“The Little Box” by Stephanie Jones

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“5 steps to the right! 3 steps forward! 10 steps to the left and sit down! Eat!” I forced my feet to move and do as the voice booming out of the speaker commanded. For the past few days, I’ve wanted to do the exact opposite of what it told me to do. It has everything to do with the old man who stepped out of the little box in my brain 3 days ago. He told me that he was my great grandfather on my Mom’s side, and he was preserved in his box until the time was right. “Take 5 more bites and throw your food away!” I wanted to finish the r...

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“The Vaccine ” by Alex Arias

Submitted to Contest #72

I thought going directly to the HOO, Christen Goldwater, would be a rewarding experience. He would congratulate me on a job well done, perhaps bestow some public accolades that would mark the beginning of our partnership fighting the extraterrestrial virus plaguing our planet. But I had misread the situation. Again. You’re probably confused. Let me start from the beginning. When I was born, I cried. Which isn’t unusual for an infant freshly pushed out of the womb. As they wiped the blood from my skin, I’m told they injected me, as they...

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“Illicit Fate” by Larlin Reese

Submitted to Contest #72

Hours passed as I flipped through my perfect grades, boringly checking them again and again. Tonight was set, knife in my boot as I was getting ready to kill a man. The bots passed by my room near the time of my scheduled lunch hour, watching me eat my stale bread, poking it from afar. "Your brother is in the infirmary," They announced, emotionless and automatic. Just like every single day. That kid beater would get his due.  I grinned back. "My grades?" "Perfect as always, Rockers." My last name was sung in my ears as common, the ...

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“year 3000” by Dulani Chandima

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Years 3000 "As usual, Professor Good Morning ... " In the distance from the small glass window in his office room, Mahachar looked at the earth, which had previously shone blue but faded into a desert-like color.‍Abeywick‍Rama's eyes on his assistant's voice For a moment He had to withdraw from the usual view. "Ah ... Good morning Jack, How are our greenhouses doing ... " Squeezing a cup of coffee in his hand He also sat in his chair for Jack to review the information he does every day, Shaking hands as if sitting in the front seat. " Ver...

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“Becoming Human” by Peter Weigel

Submitted to Contest #72

2065. That’s the year I was born. I’m actually able to remember it. Birth, that is. I recall a flash of blue-white light, like a lightning bolt, followed immediately by darkness and an incessant stream of voices. Despite my blindness, I was a quick learner, mastering the art of language in a few short months. Speech was fun, kind of like a secret code that everyone knows. The problem was, I never had the opportunity to test out that code with anyone else. I learned to speak from recordings of voices, not from people themselves. Nonetheless,...

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“My future is mine” by Luna Martin

Submitted to Contest #72

Lucia Paynes sat in the waiting room. This was the moment. This was the day that people would stop doubting her. She would go into that room and come out with a referral to a engineering college specifically the Mechanical Engineering College And Department Supplier, or the MECADS college. They were the most prestigious engineering college in the world. Their students went on to do great things. Jane Roberts graduated from MECADS and went on to help create a spaceship that got us three universes away. Jake pireti graduated from MECADS and ...

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“A Dance of Technology” by Bernadette Beauchamp

Submitted to Contest #72

In the year 2042, it was thought that Big Brother finally had gotten it right. Once everyone had calmed down after the pandemic was under control, it was noted that the world was too crowded and extremely busy. So scientists and programmers worked together to make a system that would predict people’s behavior and then organize society so only certain people would be out in public at the same time.  The best part was that the scientists and programmers designed this system so people would believe that all of the choices they made were th...

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“Learning to Read and Write” by Annie Hill

Submitted to Contest #72

A young girl named Emily wandered through the painfully long hallways of the lab that she called home. A collar was around her neck with a blue blinking light. This meant she was a stable human being. Red meant they were prone to anger outbursts, green meant they had toxic words to say, orange meant they were an energetic human, purple meant they viewed themselves highly, and yellow meant they may have overreactions to any kind of stimulant. The blue light on her collar was often seen as positive, but she hated the blue. It reminded her of c...

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“Algorithm” by Nikhil Sai

Submitted to Contest #72

"Welcome to the after life...." Peter heard a voice said to him. But he was out in the world before he could comprehend who it was and he is in the job before he could get a grasp around this world . It was quite a task for him in the initial days, but slowly he understood some things about this place. He got a job in the food section which is the highest level of job you can get in this place and if anybody asked him how he got this job he would simply smile and got out of that situation because he doesn't remember....

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“The Red Hall” by ASHLEY PETERS

Submitted to Contest #72

I laid in bed watching a fly on the window when suddenly I heard the sound of harsh footsteps pounding down the hallway. I jumped out of bed and darted toward my computer. Just as I got sat down next to the keyboard Mr. Kott and his team of militia yanked open my door, he looked around my room, wrote something down on a clipboard, and then slammed my door shut again. "That was a close one," I said to myself.  They were on a schedule, and I had it memorized. Each morning the alarms rang at four o'clock on the dot, that was our queue to ...

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“Lauren's Letter.” by Fortune Phiri

Submitted to Contest #72

A collection of one’s and zero’s, that is how the Core views humanity. A collection of worker ants that follow the instructions it doles out. Today was the same as every other day in the city of light, people being moved like pieces on a chessboard carrying out their tasks. Isaac is sat on the train. Humming along the magnetic lines that snake through the mountainous peaks of skyscrapers. The buildings give off a magnificent sapphire-blue glow that rises from the reactors in their core, almost like that of blue sun. The train is filled with ...

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