Key Item

Key Item: Short story by Isaac AsimovSome time ago we featured a story about how Multivac, Isaac Asimov’s favorite supercomputer, was NOT The Machine That Won the War. In this Asimov story, Multivac has problems. It does not respond to commands, and isn’t following its built-in program to self-diagnose the cause. As the global economy depends on Mulitvac, this could result in panic across the world. Teams of technicians have been trying to identify what is wrong for three days. Finally, a scientist discovers the “key item” needed to fix the problem. It is a simple thing that we are all taught to use as children.

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3 thoughts on “Key Item”

    1. Serves you right for copying! You didn’t fail because of me, but because you were too lazy to do your own work.

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