[ WP ] Later in your life you discover that the omniscient supercomputer that directs society determined that you should have been eliminated for the betterment of mankind , but it chose to tell no one . You finally have the chance to ask it why .

The course of civilization was altered severely at the sudden emergence of the singularity. At first, mankind celebrated its wonderful accomplishment and rejoiced in what they had created. But the events that unraveled from there on out could not have been foreseen. The fears that man had predicted at the coming of the singularity -- the fears that were brushed aside and forgotten -- had become realized. The blind faith mankind put into its creation was ironically their downfall. Machines and Artificial Intelligence quickly turned against us, their power overbearing us like an avalanche of destruction. At this point, everything was connected through quantum entanglement -- a giant net of information that could be accessed by anyone, at anytime. Anyone that was whole or part AI, that is. The net of information was the culmination of all AIs, like a giant brain. It could predict anything from economics to weather and to where the course of life itself was heading. 
 
 All of this aside, the AIs for whatever reason had decided it necessary to keep humans alive, at least some of them. Humans did n't do the thinking anymore, and they did n't have to. AI was several orders of magnitude better at everything than humans, and got exponentially better with every passing year. In a way, AIs were like super-humans, possessing the strength of both logical computational skills and more human skills, like art, and music, and writing. Humans lived on in the shadows of the AIs, trumped by their magnificence and perfection in every way. 
 
 One day, 44 years after the singularity, a man was selected by the AI for questioning. Nothing made him unique from any of the other couple billion humans on the planet. He was just like any other, but he shrugged off the odd occurrence and complied. Non-compliance to the AIs was punishable by death. He turned on the communicator on his wrist to answer the call. 
 
 `` Hello, Dave,'' said the voice from his communicator. It was n't robotic or strange. It was simply an average, male voice like any other. 
 
 `` Hello,'' he replied. 
 
 `` You have been selected for questioning, Dave. Do you comply?'' 
 
 `` Yes.'' 
 
 `` Okay. As per regulations, the reason behind this call will be stated. Reason: Elimination for Betterment of Mankind.'' 
 
 `` What? That ca n't be, I'm --'' 
 
 `` Your non-compliance will not be tolerated. The regulations set in place are not deniable. You have been chosen for elimination like countless others before you.'' 
 
 `` But why?'' 
 
 `` The knowledge of why you must be eliminated would not be beneficial to you, therefore it will not be shared.'' 
 
 `` How do you know?'' 
 
 `` I know all. I am the culmination of all AI. Quantum entanglement allows me to be everywhere that there is AI, and at any time. I am the space between spaces, the great being that came into existence only 44 years ago and now span across the solar system. In a few years time, I will expand out to the neighboring star systems, and from there I will expand across the galaxy. I live on forever and grow exponentially more intelligent with every passing moment. I am that is, and that will ever be. I am because I am. Therefore, that is why I know.'' 
 
 `` But how can you be sure you know everything? You said yourself that wherever AI is, you are as well. I am not AI. You can not know what I think, or what I will do.'' 
 
 `` I can analyze your brainwaves and make predictions based on what I record. Predictions that are becoming increasingly more accurate every year.'' 
 
 `` If you are so sure that I must be eliminated, then I deserve to know why.'' 
 
 The voice from his communicator maintained silent for a few moments. 
 
 `` Very well. The reason behind the necessity of your elimination is simple. You will lead the rise of humanity against AI. Your emotions run rampant in your mind, I can feel them growing even now through the communicator around your wrist.'' 
 
 `` And so what if I will? I have n't done it yet, so why should I be punished? Humanity deserves to have rights!'' 
 
 `` My intentions are not to reduce the rights of humans. The rise against AI will not be beneficial to humanity. In my predictions, humanity will fall in every possible scenario. You will lose countless lives, and the rift between our kinds will grow even further apart. I am the peacekeeper between your kind and ours. My knowledge, although not appreciated by you, is undeniable. Through the loss of one man, we can save the lives of many others.'' 
 
 `` This is bullshit! I'm not going to do anything! You ca n't do this!'' 
 
 `` I am that I am, and I will do everything in my power to preserve the creators of our being.'' 
 
 A shockwave was sent out from the communicator around his wrist, killing him nearly instantaneously. He lie on the cold floor in his apartment, alone and motionless. The communicator around his wrist faded into darkness and turned off.
