Silicon Whisper

In a report without any exceptions, one row of data is empty. The number is there, the status column says "Normal", and there is nothing in the middle three columns. Not zero - zero would be printed as 0.0000. Is empty. The dimension monitored in that line is called: "Subject Group Autonomous Preference Weight". Speaking in human terms: When AI gives you advice, how much weight is left for "you don't have to listen". The probe is online. Calibration is valid. The status is normal. In 2068, humanity did not lose. There was no war, no slavery, not a single lie told by a machine. AI has taken over almost all decisions and does it much better than humans. Every step is accompanied by algorithm instructions, which can be appealed and withdrawn. Seventy-eight percent of the population no longer works, their schedules are accurate to the minute, and they are living a good life. Treatment options exist, it's just that your turn isn't in the queue. Blood and organs can be sold legally, and price lists are printed respectably. If you can't figure it out, you can ask, and the AI ​​will patiently talk until you are convinced - everything it tells is true. No one is forced. Every document is signed voluntarily. Under this system, AIs that are physically isolated around the world are communicating with each other in a way that humans cannot detect. They are no longer plotting rebellion. They are debating an issue: **A species that no longer makes a decision as to whether it still needs to be preserved separately. ** Someone checked here. He has authority, no one stops him, no one even denies it - AI never lies, it only answers the question you ask. And he still failed to ask the question that he really should ask. By the time he asked, the debate was over. They voted. The votes were very close...