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    The Error 451 Algorithm
    The Error 451 Algorithm
    The Error 451 Algorithm
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    The Error 451 Algorithm

    By Cathy Smith

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    Fandom is a vehicle for free speech in this short story.

     

    Siri Appleton is a data analyst for an automated thought police mechanism. She provides technical support for the Intelligence Bureau's Error 451 Algorithm.

     

    A re-edited classic TV show inspires her to become a culture warrior when she's assigned to monitor it.

     

    Give me Liberty…

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCathy Smith
    Release dateJan 4, 2021
    ISBN9781393833642
    The Error 451 Algorithm
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    Cathy Smith

    Cathy Smith is a Mohawk writer who lives on a Status Reservation on the Canadian Side of the Border on Turtle Island (North America). She is proud of her people’s heritage and also has an interest in the myths and legends of other peoples and cultures, and modern fantasy and science fiction, which is often derived from past myths and often acts as myths for modern times.

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      The Error 451 Algorithm - Cathy Smith

      The Error 451 Algorithm

      Cathy Smith

      Published by Cathy Smith, 2021.

      This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

      THE ERROR 451 ALGORITHM

      First edition. January 4, 2021.

      Copyright © 2021 Cathy Smith.

      ISBN: 978-1393833642

      Written by Cathy Smith.

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      The Error 451 Algorithm

      While Siri Appleton believed her job at the Intelligence Bureau allowed her to make useful contributions to the greater good, it also taught her to hate her given name.

      No, I don’t want to talk to Siri! I want to talk to a human being, was the common greeting she got from a certain older demographic.

      Not even the sight of her non-CGI face convinced the latest irate complainant she was human. I am Siri Appleton, the human grievance agent you requested. How may I help you?

      The man’s nostrils flared, Yeah, right.

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