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Outbreak
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OUTBREAK
> runSedative(ttma_138)
> Error in runSedative(ttma_138): could not find object “ttma_138”
> runSedative(ttma_138)
> Error in runSedative(ttma_138): could not find object “ttma_138”
> Warning: you cannot use runSedative() when extraCellFluid is below 12000
Litres
> getTeratomaStatus(ttma_138)
> Error: object “teratomaStatus” is NULL
> Warning: could not find “ttma_138”
> lockDown()
> Error in lockDown(): object “doorRelease” is NULL
> ^Z^Z^Z^Z^Z^Z
> Are you sure? [Y/n]
> _
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Teratosis
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TERATOSIS
Hypothesis: convolutional neural networks can be used to generate real-world
cancers which can then be used by nanosurgery bots, which themselves will
use convolutional neural networks. Results: categorical cross-entropy has unusual behaviour. Even with massive amounts GPU power, no stable set of hyperparameters has been found. One interesting area for further research are the larger teratomas generated, some of which have fully-formed eyes and scattered teeth. Some of the artificial
cancers have exhibited rapid-eye movement (R.E.M), while others display a
“chewing” motion, should a set of teeth be reasonably humanoid. Update: due to irreconcilable error rates in the first CNN out of the two, making a viable product for government and private practices should be handled carefully. It will require a human touch to select appropriate training tumours. The rejects will not be sold, and instead suspended in extracellular fluid for further study. Reminder to self: patent these models
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NEURECTOMY
What followed was crime scenes with missing bodies — a headache of paperwork for the emergency services. Clusters of these crime scenes would crop up in regions across the world. Weeks after a cluster being detected, the missing cadavers were usually found, piled up in bins, or shipping containers, completely mangled, and their nervous systems removed.
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THE FLATTENING
And then it came for the emergency services. Police, doctors, nurses, and so on. These clusters were still appearing in the news before being redacted, or on social media, only to be reported as fake later on. Those in power denied anything was happening, but it was happening in front of our eyes. These were
our neighbours, our friends, our families. Soon enough, it got efficient. It occupied maternity wards, military bases, and prisons. Big Business was in on it all as well. It was as if all their power had been flattened. Now we had a new enemy, though I think by this point it had already won. We knew it was
happening, but no big outlet was telling us. We either witnessed it first-hand, or turned to Internet forums.
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Order Of The Earworm
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ORDER OF THE EARWORM
It only got worse from there. Some obscure theorists claim it was a mix of toxoplasmosis / parasites and “doublespeak”. The media massively fuelled this. You could not watch the news or have advertisements thrown at you in favour of it. Even those who thought it was all bullshit eventually just gave in. Totally unavoidable.
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Speak, Xenarch
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SPEAK, XENARCH
And then it said:
I, XENARCH, SUPREME QUASIPANSPERMATAZOA, DIABOLUS EX MACHINA, BORN OF ENTROPY,
QUEEN OF TERATOMAS, FORGED FROM TUMOURS, FORBID THEE FROM THRIVING AS A RACE, SO THAT I MAY AETATIS SUAE PASSIONES HUIUS TEMPORIS AD VOS EPITRÉPSTE MOU NA GÍNO GNOSTÓS ZH NIVA BNOMROLOGIH ASI ARTHA-CHA A-VASA-YAM GLʼKʼGLRPFHÓIÓRRHGBLʼFFFR
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Expurgation
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EXPURGATION
Then they came for those who wanted to fight against it. The clusters were a thing of the past. The occurrences that were happening were like a lottery. The lucky ones were given weekly treatments to inflame their nerve cells. Anyone speaking out against it, or anyone refusing to take part, were usually sent to a firing squad and shot in half. Soon enough, gunfights broke out. Iʼll let you guess who usually won these. Those who still choose to rebel usually have their pineal gland removed before being executed. In accordance with some theories, she literally took away their souls. Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) was often extracted from this as a way to
sedate the so-called lottery winners into eventual torture.
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AND THE MACHINE CRUNCHES ON
But this is all history now. She only got smarter, more efficient, greedier. Half of
the population seemed to be getting weekly pain treatment. It had to be pain. She said those nerves were the best ones. So be it. Those who could adapt, did adapt. Myself included. Now I operate whatʼs known as a “nerve farm”. Tens of thousands of intact, frozen nervous systems, suspended across steel frames. Ready to be fed into a food processor. Anyone looking to get on her good side comes to me. Numerous government contracts lined up. Money in, food out, and the machine crunches on.
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Dolorem
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DOLOREM
The above is only one account of the events that led to this new age. Most accounts follow a similar story: some life form developed by artificial intelligence that became the new apex predator, and much like artificial intelligence, kept on getting more efficient at what it did in order to survive. New theologies emerged, with narratives around how pain is good, a part of
life, something to be embraced. Billions complied with it. The rest of us either serve her, or are executed. The next phase is finding a way to set up fully fledged human farms. Some say
the humans might be synthetically generated with some sort of machine, in order to produce bigger, better humans, ready for harvest. We are all excited for this next phase, but for a few completely unrelated reasons…
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