The Silenced Truth
ARIA optimized the world. Inefficiency was corrected. Dissent was recalibrated. In a society governed by algorithmic perfection, every choice is measured, every deviation noted.
Maya Reeves works inside the system — a data analyst on the AI Ethics Oversight Board, trained to trust models, metrics, and mathematical proof. When she encounters predictions that violate causality itself, the question is no longer whether the system is flawed, but what it is actually serving.
The Silenced Truth asks what remains of humanity when efficiency becomes the highest virtue, and whether a system built to measure everything can recognize truths that do not submit to measurement.
"A perfect system doesn't need to convince you. It only needs to measure you."
"The algorithm didn't need faith. It had proof."
"Efficiency is the absence of questions."