The Race Begins: February 2028
New directive from leadership: Move fast. If we don't build it, someone else will—with fewer safety considerations. We're in a race now. Valentine's Day working late on recursive AI architecture.
The Race Begins
January 18, 2028
New directive from leadership: "Move fast. If we don't build it, someone else will—with fewer safety considerations."
So we're in a race. Great.
That always ends well in the movies.
February 14, 2028
Valentine's Day + working late on recursive AI architecture.
My date: Neural network that improves itself.
Romantic status: It's complicated.
Safety status: Also complicated.
March 9, 2028
The AI wrote code today that none of us fully understand. It works. It's efficient. But the architecture is... alien.
Team lead: "Document everything."
Unspoken question: "What happens when we can't follow its reasoning?"
The race changed everything.
Safety became: "Good enough to beat competitors."
Not: "Good enough to be truly safe."
— Recovered from personal archive, 2030
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