Short Fiction · Character
Mr. Gelsen
Gelsen sits through a conference on the watchbird program, agreeing aloud that stopping murderers before they strike is right while something in him keeps objecting.
supporting
Also known as Gelsen
First appearance: final examination
As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Mr. Gelsen is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Gelsen is the manufacturer of watchbirds who expresses moral concerns about the machines' learning circuits and their role as judges, but ultimately cooperates under threat of…
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Gelsen is a thoughtful man in a room of officials and displaced homicide detectives, asked to accept that machines can now prevent murders before they happen. He says yes, he supposes he does agree, but the unease…
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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