She pulled out her laptop, flicking her tongue over her lips as she waited for it to spring to life. Fuck yeah! She'd been approved for the Magister beta!

A login to Magister was the hottest ticket in the AI community right now. Probably less than 20 researchers in the world had access--making it little short of a miracle for a lowly grad student like her to be admitted. It was the sort of career jumpstart that might lead to a tenure-track job someday. Or a plush job at Google. Or both...

She logged into the console and stared at the blinking prompt. At heart, Magister was basically just a...