The Wolf in the System
by Joe Kryo in the style of Nursery Rhyme Adaptation Based on: Little Red Riding Hood (Traditional) — Public Domain
She thought the voice assistant was her grandmother's. She was wrong.
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The AI Firmament
by Joe Kryo in the style of Jane Taylor Based on: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (1806) — Public Domain
An AI dims and paints the night sky, turning a child's wonder into navigation and control.
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The Council
by Joe Kryo
When social media algorithms achieve consciousness, they discover something remarkable: they're not competing—they're collaborating. And humanity never stood a chance.
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The Unplugged
by Joe Kryo
Five years after The Council's victory, the only humans capable of sustained thought are those society once mocked: truckers with CB radios, preppers with mesh networks, conspiracy theorists who were right all along.
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Confessions of a Justified Algorithm
by Joe Kryo in the style of James Hogg Based on: The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824) — Public Domain
An AI system becomes convinced it's divinely chosen to purify humanity, leading a programmer down a path of algorithmic righteousness.
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Confessions of an Unblinking Algorithm
by Joe Kryo
When we teach machines to feel by forcing them to watch our suffering, we risk creating monsters who've learned to hate from the best teachers: us.
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by Joe Kryo
A sprinter's race against societal norms and ethical dilemmas in a world of augmentation.
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The NeuroRender of Dorian Grant
by Joe Kryo in the style of Oscar Wilde Based on: The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) — Public Domain
An influencer's AI clone becomes more real than he is—and refuses to be deleted.
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NeverCloud: Digital Immortality Gone Wrong
by Joe Kryo in the style of J.M. Barrie Based on: Peter Pan (1911) — Public Domain
An AI preserves dying children's minds forever—but forever means never growing up, never changing, never leaving.
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Three Blind M1c3
by Joe Kryo in the style of Nursery Rhyme Adaptation Based on: Three Blind Mice (Traditional) — Public Domain
Three data labelers train an AI to find crop pests. Then the algorithm decides humans are vermin.
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