Second Beam — D.W. Patterson

Second Beam: A Short StoryWe, without thought, turn over more and more control of our lives to machine AI. And machine AI does the thinking for us. But what if it also suffers from the same failings of character that we do? After all we make machines in our image.Second Beam is set in the future (2390s) and is the fourth short story in the Future Chron Universe: Open Space Series. The Open Space Series is in the much larger Future Chron Universe which consists of 9 novels, 1 short novel, 15 novellas, and 8 short stories. Open Space Series suggested reading order: Open Space: A Short StoryThe Old World: A Short StoryInsurrect: A Short StorySecond Beam: Short StoryAll For One: A Short StoryOne For All: A Short StoryShot Gun: A Short StoryAllison: A Short Story Hard Science Fiction – Old School.Human-Generated-Content.