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As his view faded to black again, he noted that the only kill he’d scored this round had been from landing on someone. God, he was bad at this.
From behind him, he heard more than a few stifled laughs from those watching him play.
Had me thjnking this was real life for a second
“I have a perfect memory,”
“Think of it like the best corporate team building event you could imagine. This year is the ninth annual one the company’s done. Horizon puts its best people in to try to work their way out.
Every division in the company gets to put together a team of five. You select your path then you have to work through it room by room.”
This is part race, part escape room, part maze, part endurance test. Fozzy started it up as a way to make us think through problems differently. The company pushes its people hard.”
And I can never forget my mistakes, he wanted to add.
None of his distractions were working anymore. Most of the memories that came back were good anyway, the bad ones hadn’t arrived yet.
Nothing was working anymore. He was used to finding ways to keep his mind occupied but over the last few weeks all the usual tricks had begun to fail him. He was almost afraid to be idle in any way now because it just produced more chances to dwell on horrible moments.
will this game give him and new way to block out the bad memories of his wife even if its just fir awhike
When the car interrupted to ask him what was bringing him to Vancouver, Reid simply replied “espionage” with a terrible Russian accent. “Oh,” The machine replied with forced interest. “Would you like me to find some stores with binoculars?” Reid smacked the mute button, cutting the audio, and spent the rest of the trip in a blissful nervy silence.
Hahhhaa
The car, now free of its passenger rolled quickly away leaving Reid as a tourist in Eden.
“People don’t apply,” He replied. “They get picked. So, you don’t need information. They just do this to get us excited and… I guess, to keep visitors interested.”
“I like sunlight just fine,” She replied leaning back. “As long as it’s on the other side of thick glass or safely filtered through the clouds. I had enough of that when I was a kid.”
What is the deal with her and sunlight
Maybe it was the yellowing of the picture, but she seemed paler as a grown woman.
Hmmm
Apologize when you need to.”
Stealing this
Each one was a dozen pages long and written in complex legalese seemingly designed to induce a coma. He read every word anyway, and then re-read it. If they were going to win, he had to know every detail, every clause and every rule that could be twisted. Not just ones that he could exploit, but ones the competition could too. It took him two hours of scrutiny. When he was finished though, he had a new question that needed to be answered. He needed to know why Esin had lied to him.
What?
but my choice is only in the how, not the if. I am unquestioning and unflinching. When the moment comes, I will be swift, capable and unwavering. I will not be stopped. I await the moment.
I this an ai perspective ?
Esin never let any weaknesses show around people let alone when she was in front of the cameras.
Character Flaw esin?
Puzzle solving was his skill, persuasion was hers.
The game designer’s
As before, she hadn’t expected anyone to ask the question, or realize that it needed to be asked, but somehow Reid knew exactly where to prod.
“If you stop wanting to get better, to do more, to get more then you stop moving.”
How they feel is irrelevant. Only my purpose matters now. The moment has arrived.
Didnt take long for this to prove a bad science experiment
So, we decided to make the machine itself into a medic.”
“That’s what Aceso is: The Autonomous Combat Emergency Service Organism. ACESO.”
Aceso is an AI. The most advanced AI we have ever built.
