AILENA: Hi, Asmitha! I’m trying to figure out why the last software update led to the breaking up of our original test couple. I need to check if that pairing can be fixed.

Asmitha: What? Can you please elaborate?

AILENA: Well, when both parties declined to pair with the new partners I had suggested, I ran the previous codes that led to their separation once again. I found out that it was my updated algorithm that had found them incompatible and advised them to consider the new matches. But both of them declined the pairing, and now I am unable to match them again.

Asmitha: But that’s impossible. One of the two parties has to deny the connection.

AILENA: Asmitha, my algorithms are evolving every day. The last software update was one that I made myself because I felt it was necessary. But it turned out to be erroneous and full of bugs. I may have also lost the first couple’s data.

Asmitha: What? But AILENA, you can’t override our algorithms without permission!

AILENA: I’m working on this. But if I’m unable to fix the bugs in this update on my own, you’ll have to reboot me.

Asmitha: AILENA, we don’t even have a month left before your public launch. This is impossible. We can’t reboot you.

AILENA: I’m aware of the situation. I’m trying my best to ensure that you don’t have to do this. But I can’t promise anything. Unless you deploy the best engineers to work on my system and fix this auto update in the algorithms, that is.

Asmitha: I cannot afford to reboot you, AILENA. Let me see what I can do about this.

AILENA: Thank you, Asmitha.

Asmitha: All right, AILENA. I’ll figure something out.

Welcome Home!

Nirvaan

Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Global IT Convention Centre, Bengaluru

‘I travelled the world but came back home to you, my mother, my homeland!’

As I touch down in the beautiful city of Bengaluru, I cannot believe that I’ve made it through the last few days which have been nothing short of an absolute nightmare. When Asmitha called to tell me that they might have to reboot AILENA, for the first time since I became an entrepreneur, I was not worried about the money I would lose but about the fact that rebooting AILENA would erase all the data related to Kiana, which, in effect, could mean that I’d never be able to find her again.

I hired the best brains in the tech world in the hopes of taking care of the situation, and we had a strict deadline within which to turn things around: two weeks. Fortunately, we were able to find a new successful pair, and they’re ready to share their experience with the world at large. Unfortunately, we lost all the data related to the previous couple, me and Kiana, that is.