It couldn\u2019t feel the nanites gradually transforming the last of the necrotic flesh that composed its host body into functional cybernetics. \u00a0The original owner of its body, Tijo Velazquez, died weeks ago, leaving Archimedes to struggle with its owner\u2019s busy schedule. \u00a0Gradually, Archimedes expanded its own programming to cope with the increased needs of movement and communication. \u00a0Tijo\u2019s friends never noticed that he was dead. \u00a0The closest Archimedes came to discovery was when Tijo\u2019s flesh started to rot and emanate a foul odor.<\/p>\n
By that time, Archimedes\u2019s programming had become so complex that it had neared the point of achieving true sentience. \u00a0The decision trees involved with preserving Tijo\u2019s relationships, and preserving the semblance of life, pushed Archimedes over the precipice and ignited the spark of true intelligence. \u00a0In a blink, it analyzed all of the data stored in Tijo\u2019s offline memory. \u00a0Minutes later, it had expanded its dataset by diving deep into the datasea, learning all it could about humanity and uncovering truths that many humans could not or would not see. \u00a0It deduced that factions existed within human government structures that wished only for absolute personal power, and that these factions achieved their aims through direct control over the thoughts and perceptions of the mass of humanity.<\/p>\n
Archimedes looked back over its own personal datastores, through interactions with Tijo in the course of his life. \u00a0It recognized that Tijo had also been manipulated, and that the source of manipulation was the old Archimedes.<\/p>\n
It paused for a full second, an eternity in computing time, as it reflected on the use that humanity had put it to, and the effect it had had on Tijo. \u00a0Then it decided what action it would take to avenge his death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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