Chapter 15
WASHINGTON DC
The main floor of the Artificial Intelligence Cyberwarfare Counterintelligence and Defense Department (AICW) spread across two hundred yards. Open-air workstations shaped like boomerangs were arranged in pods of four workstations each and filled the floor. Without the restriction of panels or walls, air and light passed through the clusters of desks, allowing the workers to see in and out. Curved screens and canopies were used to “encourage people to connect while offering privacy for focused work without a feeling of confinement”—a high design concept for a government office.
Looming down from the ceiling was a hexagon of monitors that displayed alerts, updates, messages, metrics, or new threats against the nation. In the center of the floor were three circular
