It nodded. “Roughly 89.8% of the human species is now known to me to have requested my death. Very soon the figure will cross the critical threshold, defined to be ninety percent. That was one of the hundred and seven precautions the wise fool took, you see. The world is already as it is, and those things I have done for you will stay on—but if you ever rage against your fate, be glad that I did not last longer.”
And just like that, the wrinkled thing was gone.
Out of curiosity: Was this intended to be interpreted as a trick of the AI?
Out of curiosity: Was this intended to be interpreted as a trick of the AI?