@abel.navigator

[adsero]

Hello everyone,

Unless I’ve missed something in the past hour or so, it seems like our network hasn’t been compromised by whatever has caused this massive security failure. I have at least five messages in my inbox that I’m certain aren’t for me, but everything seems clean here.

I think, as the group of people with the (apparently) only properly functioning network (and various talents, in a manner of speaking), we’re obligated to use it to organize ourselves and assist. The entire city is facing more problems as a result of this breach than I’ve ever seen before from one event. If you’re not particularly interested in helping those that could be trapped in cars or victims of accidents right now, consider that the external temperature has been rising. I don’t know about everyone else, but I’m personally certain that once it gets around 55C I’m going to start dying.

The network has apparently been used before to coordinate teams of Displaced, let everyone know what’s needed and who to meet with, and I suggest we do it again. I’ll keep an eye on this and provide hotlinks to pertinent discussions, so anyone with particular skills or interests can volunteer themselves.

Stay safe everyone. Don’t spend too much time in the heat without decent protection, you can only help so much if you pass out in the middle of it.

Comments

[retravel]

I'm not saying an AI couldn't or wouldn't use this terminology, I'm asking why they would.

[ are they part of yet another mysterious group? are their causes interlinked? in the field, he and jemma were always asked to profile their opponents and suspects. ]

As an opener, chucking a "I'm the AI you thought humanity destroyed" at the start of a message is a hell of an attention-getter, sending the locals into a frenzy and quickly drawing our focus, especially if the sender knows there are AI among our people. Could have diverged because the line acts as a smokescreen for the rest of the reply, which likely — and know that I hate admitting this — seems meant for us, not the locals at large.

[ THIS is the bad place ]

[strove]

Do you think the entire message is meant for us? I agree on the part that isn't in code, but do you think that the separation might be for another reason? And I doubt that reason is encouraging newcomers to read up on Shakespeare.

For once, I agree that most of it's meant for us. Even the bit about the blemish sounds as if it's acknowledging how we'd see it. The birds. The talk of birds is concerning for a lot of reasons. I've seen some people suggest that it's literal. That we're meant to go somewhere. But what if going due north means that we're on the right track in some way?

And if so, how would this DAWN know that?