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I guess they lost?

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Yeah. So it's an Automatic System now.

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What does that mean?

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In a sense. It is more similar to a way of life that I suggest all avoid.

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Executive orders, commands, and laws. We've achieved a 2% efficiency increase in our neural networks in the last month.

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Good, good. You've got a lot of those orders.

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It runs itself, apparently. Instead of people.

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Ok. What steps should we take to avoid this?

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I've got a large planet to administer. Our scientists made no progress this month searching for sentience in the Automatic System.

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How?

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Absolutely no idea.

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That's so weird.

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Is it?

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Yyyyeah? I just said that?

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Set them searching for vulnerabilities. I don't trust the Automatic System; if I can get a better or more direct view of the System I may be able to develop Realmatic capabilities for it.

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I'm inclined to agree. Others in the Covenant are discontent with an automatic System, at least an untouchable one. We will begin the search.

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I don't know. It feels less weird to me than people running Existence.

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I'll be searching for ways to observe the System more directly. I'm formulating a plan right now—I have lots of people to ask. Oh, this quest is going to be so fun! Surely you don't always need to sign so many commands. What could they be for?

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But it's running itself.