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For about a fictional work too small to be called a [novel] or [novella] - usually less than 10-20 thousand words and no chapters. Use to either identify the media on a [story-identification] question or disambiguate works where the tag covers the short story and its form in other media.. If you are looking for a particular anthology of short stories, use the [anthology-book] tag instead.

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Looking for a scifi short story about two guys who suspect an AI is taking over the world

Thanks to Valorum challenging my recollection, I managed to find the story, Message Contains No Recognizable Symbols by Bill Hibbard (2007). I was wrong on several accounts. It was 'Episcopalian Jiha …
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Looking for a scifi short story about two guys who suspect an AI is taking over the world [duplicate]

I think I read this on a telnet server, many years ago - so it may be quite obscure. The story centers around a programmer, who's happily married to a doctor, and his friend who is a "hacker/Private …
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