Prologue

Shocking, yet so familiar, this is the story of the Guardian system, nick name “Sam”, a robot inside the NSA (National Security Agency).

What if technology is advanced enough that we can make an artificial brain? That time has arrived. The year is 2111. Unlike other artificial intelligence (AI) systems, Sam is the first of its kind. “He” was designed based on the human brain, with emotion and all. By combining the best of human brain and computers, Sam is on the cutting edge of our national defense. His job is to sift through the data from various sources and report any potential threat that is overlooked by human and conventional computer data mining methods. He was even assigned a psychotherapist to help him unwind from his intense workload.

Main characters:

Sam: The Guardian.
Don: Director of Data Mining.
Cindy: Counselor to Sam.

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Author guidance for This story

I am a computer engineer. One day the idea just dawned on me. What if technology is advanced enough that we can make an artificial brain? Then when it gets problems, will it be just like mental disorders? This time the robot has really gone crazy, literally.

If you don't like the action stuff in the beginning, you may find the last part more interesting. Because it has a brain, I thought it would only make sense to treat it like a person rather than a machine. And rather than the usual big crash ending, we want to...

Guess who saves the day? Girl power.

This story is inspired by the films: 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Beautiful Mind.

I welcome any comments, positive or negative.

updated Jun 29 '11 by jleeca