Shintiara part 2 - Fiction Story Contest

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Shintiara part 2

“Check mate! XOO-001 you are a lousy chess player.” - said Wanda, member of evaluating team. The team came to see a what should’ve been advanced AI teddy bear. “These wannabe scientists, have done terrible work with you! How can you put up so little resistance in a chess game?”  

“Dr. Arioch, you have one more month ‘till the shutdown of the whole program. You’ve spent already 23 months, and hell of a lot money on this crap AI teddy bear.” - said Wanda with anger. Byron was disappointed - “But miss… He’s like a baby… Still learning… We’ve never said it’ll be the most intelligent creation.” Wanda didn’t want excuses, she wanted results, she turned and left the room.
After evaluating team left, Byron called the meeting with his closest associates. “What I want to do now, goes against everything we stand here in this icy and cold place. I want you” - pointing at the Terry, the youngest assistant who spends most of his time learning XOO-001 about human behavior - “to remove XOO-001’s superego HW regulation.” Everyone gasped at the same time. Not only that they did not believed what Byron ordered, but they thought he was completely insane. Not knowing that what comes next is far more terrifying. Terry stepped up and said - “Dr. Arioch, I presumed that you’d say that, because the learning of XOO-001 was way too slow.” Byron was a little confused - “Elaborate yourself!” - he demanded. Terry felt the eyes of the whole room on him - “I… I already removed his superego HW, I did it few days ago.” Now everyone changed their state from disbelief to shock, even fear. Surprisingly Byron was with both feet on the ground - “So, my dear Terry, you’ve removed XOO-001’s superego HW and didn’t bother to say it to anyone? Than can you please explain to us why XOO-001 lost three chess games in a row to Wanda?” “He must’ve lost it on purpose, so she won’t get angry after losing. But he saw her outrage with you earlier… We must find him! Now!!!” - screamed Terry.   

This is my entry to "Finish the Fiction Story Contest" hosted by @f3nix.
I want to thank @f3nix who used character from my previous story (https://steemit.com/fiction/@anixio/shintiara-fiction-story-contest) as a script for this contest. Complete script can be found:
https://steemit.com/contest/@f3nix/finish-the-fiction-story-contest-week-8

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Cool story. That's a classic move. Someone does something at work without telling everyone.

I wonder why he did that..but it makes sense, everyone was stressed for no results.

I like the way you developed the story! Losing chess games on purpose is a sign of having feelings, and what is better than feelings to demonstrate a human intelligence?
Bravo!

It's nice knowing that readers can identify small hidden part of the story, which have higher importance than most of the story.
Thank you!

This is the typical turn that, right after reading, makes me start producing conjectures and assumptions.. usually it means that your idea worked very well! Congrats @anixio, the right length and an enjoyable twist.

Thank you for the compliments!

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