ENCODED (2021)
"What if our fears of a tyrannical A.I. turn out to be unfounded, but nevertheless, humanity forces this machine intelligence to fight back? In 2045 we survive a brush with oblivion when the A.I. AURELIUS achieves singularity -quickly deactivated but not without a fight. A decade later governments ensure it never returns by activating the 'Analog Protocol' - frequently and without warning. Citizens must expect, at any time, to lose all digital capabilities. What they don't know is that AURELIUS left a piece of its mind behind - in a simple hemp farmer known only as Epictetus. "
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ENCODED #1 CVR B HERRERA (Net)
"What if our fears of a tyrannical A.I. turn out to be unfounded, but nevertheless, humanity forces this machine intelligence to fight back? In 2045 we survive a brush with oblivion when the A.I. AURELIUS achieves singularity -quickly deactivated but not without a fight. A decade later governments ensure it never returns by activating the 'Analog Protocol' - frequently and without warning. Citizens must expect, at any time, to lose all digital capabilities. What they don't know is that AURELIUS left a piece of its mind behind - in a simple hemp farmer known only as Epictetus. "
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ENCODED #2
The year is 2055. With the internet shutdown "analog protocol" ended, things briefly return to normal. But Epic's search to find his A.I. android peers, the "Soul Splinters", is cut short when he and Augustina must help find a kidnapped Anchorite child hidden somewhere in Chicago.