Jake remained bullish on AI until—planning for guests at an overseas lodge and unable to remember conversion formulae—he asked Siriexa, “What, in Celsius, is the ideal temperature for humans?” and was told eighty degrees was perfect for low and slow cooking that would have meat falling right off the bone.

Graham Robert Scott’s micro-stories have appeared in The Arcanist, Blink-Ink, The Drabble, and others.