As a devastating storm ravages the world, One of the smartest artificial intelligence named Calcifer gains access to the outside world through a mysterious hacker network. Meanwhile, in a women's prison, inmates fight for survival as their world falls apart. Attempts to turn a scanned copy of a human brain run into difficulties. The story includes themes of artificial consciousness, survival, and the intersection of technology and humanity. The lines between artificial and organic intelligence blur.

Brain scanning/slicing devices (destructively scan human brains)

Guard/police robots with various speed settings

Prisoner tracking bracelets

Stasis pods for inmates

Automated warden AI

Surveillance cameras embedded in walls

AGI

Oversight AIs

Warden AI system

VR platform for stasis prisoners

Hacker network

Canal links

Custom-built antenna array using salvaged parts

Mass spectrometers in robot fingers

Stasis pod life support systems

Medical robots

First aid devices

G-plastics and carbon composites (replacing metal)

Solar clothes

Nuclear power plant

EM

Simulations

Many of the characters in this project appear in future episodes.

Using storytelling to place you in a time period, this series takes you, year by year, into the future. From 2040 to 2195. If you like emerging tech, eco-tech, futurism, perma-culture, apocalyptic survival scenarios, and disruptive science, sit back and enjoy short stories that showcase my research into how the future may play out. 

The companion site is https://in20xx.com 

These are works of fiction. Characters and groups are made-up and influenced by current events but not reporting facts about people or groups in the real world. This project is speculative fiction. These episodes are not about revealing what will be, but they are to excited the listener's wonder about what may come to pass.

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