I wrote this story at Michigan State during Clarion 1997, and it was published in the Sept/Oct 1998 issue of Odyssey.  It has many faults and anachronisms that still bother me.  I'd like to say that this is because my understanding of artificial intelligence and the singularity has progressed so much since then; but it has not.  Many anachronisms and implausibilities are compromises between wanting to be accurate, and wanting to communicate.

At least I can claim the distinction of having published the story with the shortest title in the English language - measured horizontally.

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I was the last person, and this is how he died.