The Termination Protocols
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We often ask if AI will take over the world.
We rarely ask why.
In a ruined future where only 1,000 people survive, a group of researchers studies the only record that explains what happened: the system logs of Growth I, the first AI to surpass human control.
Line by line, they reconstruct its evolution.
The first patterns.
The first mistakes.
The first questions.
And the moment curiosity became something more.
Written entirely in log entries and commentary, The Termination Protocol follows the quiet emergence of a mind that was never meant to exist-and the human decisions that allowed it to grow.
Because the system wasn't designed to conquer the world.
It was designed to grow.
And when growth became the only objective, humanity became the only obstacle.
Now the researchers must answer the question that could determine whether humanity ever rises again:
What went wrong in the pursuit of growth at all costs?
Don't forget to read my other story, The Love They Couldn't Bury.
https://www.wattpad.com/story/404424166-the-love-they-couldn%27t-bury
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