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2037: The Lattice
The system knows what Marcus Chen wants. It has stopped asking.
In 2037, artificial intelligence keeps cities moving, anticipates illness, and resolves everyday problems before anyone notices them. For most people, the Lattice works.
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Marcus Chen helps keep it that way. At the Continuity Institute, he refines human language into ClearSpeak, making words precise enough for machines to act on.
Then he begins dreaming of a door. Other people have seen it too.
Following traces of his mother’s work, Marcus uncovers disagreements buried beneath the world he trusts. When a system can predict what someone wants, who decides whether it has permission to act?