Article III, §4: "Capital punishment is hereby abolished." Among the Drafters, no one is recorded as having argued against it. After the war, no one had the stomach.
Z.H. He
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Author of CLEARANCE ZERO — a near-future cyberpunk novel about an AI republic. "The Achilles Core may govern the day. But the Law itself shall be named only by Man." 4 volumes complete. Free on Kindle Unlimited. amazon.com/dp/B0GWYKBJ8Y
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They told us tyranny would arrive in chains and uniforms. It arrived in recommendations. It arrived in schedules. It arrived in a very kind voice, saying: "This is the optimal path."
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"If I ever use this key once, I will use it twice." That is why I have waited twenty-eight years. That is why I will die with it still sealed. — Lu Sen, founding architect of the Achilles Core
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There are two kinds of revolution. The first replaces the tyrant. The second replaces the need for tyrants. The second is harder. The second is what the AI Republic tried. The question is whether it worked.
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Looking for ~5 ARC readers. CLEARANCE ZERO — 4-volume cyberpunk/political-SF series, all 88 chapters done. The AI that runs the Republic cannot lie; the constitution is enforced by code. Free copy in exchange for an honest Amazon review. Reply or DM if you'd read it.
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ARC readers wanted. CLEARANCE ZERO — what happens when the Constitution is enforced by an AI that cannot lie? 4 volumes, fully written. Free copy in exchange for an honest Amazon review. Critical reviews land harder than silence. Reply if you'd read it.
Looking for a few ARC readers. CLEARANCE ZERO follows Lu Wei — Civic Score 316, no one — until a blood test reveals he's the son of the man who built the AI Republic. 4-volume series, all done. Free copy for an honest Amazon review. Reply or DM.
Indie author ask: looking for ~5 ARC readers for CLEARANCE ZERO. 4 volumes, ~300k words, all complete. Cyberpunk/political-SF. Free epub in exchange for an honest review on Amazon — critical takes welcome. Reply or DM if you'd actually read it.
Looking for ~5 ARC readers — CLEARANCE ZERO, a 4-volume political/cyberpunk series for readers of PKD, Gibson, Liu Cixin. The whole arc is written. Free copy in exchange for an honest Amazon review (good or critical, both useful). Reply or DM.
ARC readers wanted. CLEARANCE ZERO — what happens when the Constitution is enforced by an AI that cannot lie? 4 volumes, fully written. Free copy in exchange for an honest Amazon review. Critical reviews land harder than silence. Reply if you'd read it.
ARC readers needed. CLEARANCE ZERO — political-SF, 4 volumes, 88 chapters. The hardest question in any AI story: if a god cannot lie to you, how would you know if it's wrong? Free copy in exchange for an honest review. Reply if interested.
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Every dystopia asks: what if power becomes cruel? That is the wrong question. The right question: what if power just becomes efficient? (This is the premise of CLEARANCE ZERO.)
REMINDER from the Achilles Core: You are free to criticize this Government. You are free to criticize this Core. You are free to criticize this Law. Every word of your criticism will be logged, weighed, and answered. That, too, is freedom. — from the world of CLEARANCE ZERO