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An Artificial Intelligence designed as a maths genius flunks its numbers and has to search for meaning elsewhere.

Fiction inspired by this week's news, in which Prime Minister Rishi Sunak considers making maths compulsory to age eighteen and the TUC holds a conference to explore the meaning of AI in the workplace.

Tim X Atack is a writer, composer and sound designer working in stage, screen, audio, prose fiction and XR. His work includes the multi-award winning eco sci-fi thriller FOREST 404 for 麻豆社 Sounds; HEARTWORM, winner of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting 2017; THE MORPETH CAROL, THE STROMA SESSIONS and THE BEARD among others for 麻豆社 Radio; and the love triangle drama BABEL'S CUPID to be produced at Bristol Old Vic in 2024. He's a co-founder of Sleepdogs with director Tanuja Amarasuriya, a regular writer for the Big Finish range of DOCTOR WHO audio adventures, and a resident at Pervasive Media Studio, Watershed, Bristol.

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