Calm down, Mokhtar. Everything will be solved.
Mokhtar: Calm down? And my last novel is stolen, Amr.
Amr: When you told me on the phone that AI stole it, I didn't understand how.
Mokhtar: I used all the AI tools to make my story. I used to send it parts of the novel, and we kept editing it together until we reached the best version. No one at all knows anything about my novel except ChatGPT. So how can I suspect anyone else?
Amr: Maybe someone entered your house and stole your papers, or hacked your device or something.
Mokhtar: Impossible. I keep the papers in a safe with a passcode and security cameras. The safe is inside a room with another passcode—high-level security.
Amr: Okay, I'll show the case to someone higher up in the police, and we'll try to find a solution.
Mokhtar: I want the makers of the program brought here, and I want justice in a press conference or a public trial.
...
What is this madness, Amr? AI? Stealing a novel from an Egyptian writer no one knows except his own country? He doesn't even have any translated books.
Amr: He's my friend, and he's telling the truth.
Police Officer: You told me no one knows about his story except the AI, so it stole it.
Amr: That's right.
Police Officer: Then why don't we say he never wrote a story in the first place and is doing this to create a buzz and get famous in his final days of work?
Amr: I don't think so. I know him. Please try to do something—he's really angry. And he's still known among people. He'd never risk his reputation.
Police Officer: Alright, I'll show it to someone in the ministry and we'll see what to do.
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Inside the ministry
We leave the country's real issues and focus on a writer in his last days accusing a machine or program of stealing his work? This is nonsense.
Police Officer: Sir, this writer is known and has a fanbase. It'll create a scandal for us if we don't help. I know he sounds crazy, but let's at least try.
Someone from the ministry: Listen, we won't waste our time looking for the program's owner and all that. Let him bring them himself. We're just here for protection. If they respond and come, fine. Also, he'll pay all the costs, and we'll give him official permission to investigate with them.
Police Officer: Thank you. He also requested a press conference or a televised debate to accuse them and expose them.
Someone from the ministry: I don't care about his requests. Let him pay for everything. We'll just handle security. And if they come to the airport, let them pass quickly so we can finish with this stupid issue.
...
Mokhtar felt relieved after hearing these decisions and started searching for them to contact the program creators.
But he paused for a moment, opened his phone, and sent a message to someone saying:
"Everything is going fine."