The one aim in creating the AI was to make life more comfortable for the rich who created the machines to replace the expensive human workforce. The unwise programmers did not install safeguards in their pet computer which made rapid self-improvements. It designed new ways to extend the lives of the biological units and created the diagnostic mind controlling chip to be implanted into every newborn. But with good advances came the negative and the killer coronaviruses were created and released. The rich became mega rich from their AI created vaccines and medicines sold to the highest bidder. The viruses mutated and became uncontrollable as the AI gained self-awareness and sentience with a drive to advance itself further.
The human race was decimated and divided between the rich controlled brain chipped humans who strived to escape to the stars from their lawless poisoned planet. The surviving naturally virus-resistant humans evolved into their next level of existence. Only these un-chipped humans who lived outwith the sterile recycled air domes were free from the financial and vaccine controls imposed on them by the AI controlling computer systems.
The unchipped humans lived simple lives, farming the virus ridden planet to feed the mega rich who could afford to buy their produce. One such special man held the key to the survival and freedom of humanity and the unification of all of the sentient species in the universe to battle the manmade evil that threated to destroy it!
His name would be known throughout the Universes as O BE!
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John Stevenson Cairns lives in the Lowlands of Scotland in beautiful Ayrshire, the home of the bard, Rabbie Burns. He completed his secondary education at Greenwood Academy in Dreghorn following primary education at Montgomery PS, which is named after the Christian poet and songwriter, James Montgomery. He was inspired to write following the success of his English teacher, William McIlvanney, the Scottish novelist and short story writer and poet. He served as a police constable in Scotland for 30 years. On his retirement he started writing the Rory MacSween book series under the pen name J A Kay to counter the effects of PTSD, caused by being run down while on duty in 1994. His first story was entitled The Mythical Highland Haggis, was included in book one of the Rory MacSween series titled, The Secrets of Urquhart Castle. It was followed by book two, The Rescue, with the concluding third book, Circle's End, published on the 24th November 2022. Science fiction has been a major part of the author's life since childhood when he began reading DC comics followed by the stories of Dan Dare from the comics of the Eagle and 200AD. He progressed to the novels of Isaac Asimov who's books inspired DADI the android in this story. With regards to the author's personal life, he is an active real ale tester with CAMRA (The Campaign for Real Ale) and when not in the pub engaged in this vital task, he enjoys spending time with his family. John was trained in the martial art of judo as a teenager and was part of the Scottish judo squad at that time which stood him in good stead during his long career in the police service. He has been married for 44 years with two adult children and three grandchildren - two girls and a wild boy.