human
Nothing at all wrong? he said into the mouthpiece.
gpt
Not with any of the computers? He blinked.
human
Not even one of them?
gpt
Not a thing, Mitchell said.
human
I'll be sending a report up to you in a little while. You read it; we put them through every test, and it's all detailed there.
gpt
I'm sure you were very thorough,
human
Of course we were, Mitchell said.
gpt
Of course. And the machines passed every single test. Every one. Malone, it was beautiful.
human
Goody, Malone said at random.
gpt
But there's got to be something--
human
There is, Malone, Fred said.
gpt
There is. I think there's definitely something odd going on. Something funny. I mean peculiar, not humorous.
human
I thought so,
gpt
Right, Fred said.
human
Malone, try and relax. This is a hard thing to say, and it must be even harder to hear. But--
gpt
Tell me, Malone said.
human
Who's dead? Who's been killed?
gpt
I know it's tough, Malone,
human
Is everybody dead? Malone said.
gpt
It can't be just one person, not from that tone in your voice. Has somebody assassinated the entire Senate? Or the President and his Cabinet? Or--
human
It's nothing like that, Malone, Fred said, in a tone that implied that such occurrences were really rather minor.
gpt
It's the machines.
human
The machines?
gpt
That's right, Fred said grimly.
human
After we checked them over and found they were in good shape, I asked for samples of both the input and the output of each machine. I wanted to do a thorough job.
gpt
Congratulations, Malone said.
human
What happened?
gpt
They don't agree,
human
They don't?