Showing results for "Mark Wahlbeck" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Living in the Los Angeles wasteland can be tough - especially when you’re just some dude whose only real skill is computer hacking. So, Artie Gonzalez spends most of his days building drones, modifying his bipolar robot girlfriend, and scavenging for his next pair of Chuck Taylors. Artie watched the world end 10 years ago. Now planet Earth is a dump and Artie has finally accepted that fact, doing what any other respectable tech-nerd might do in his situation - build a post-apocalyptic man-cave. But the world is much different than he thinks.

Survivors are scared of social media. Access to the internet has been banned. Mobile phones and smart devices were destroyed. All to try and stop the Artificial Intelligence, codenamed Daedalus, from destroying the world. But they were too late. Generations later, Daedalus has turned the world to a harsh and inhospitable environment, yet humanity has conquered this new world, but only under Daedalus’ oversight. Its programming wanted to keep us safe and now it stifles humanity’s progress. This story from The Grateful Age follows Ardo and his last attempt to stop the maniacal AI.