Love Is an Algorithm

Chapter 8

Hayden Ellington loves Eve Olsen!

Just kidding.

I mean, she’s hot—in kind of a whatever sort of way—and when he sees the deepfake of Eve giving that interview, he’s inspired. Poor people just give me, like, the ick? I mean. That’s gold.

So Hayden makes a deepfake of his own. It’s fourteen minutes long and takes place in a swanky hotel room with views of the Manhattan skyline.

The guy—you never see his face. He’s just a placeholder, anyway.

An everyman. Hayden uploads the video to all his favorite sites using a VPN that will render him untraceable.

He doesn’t expect to make any money off of this—he does it for the sport.

Right away, the views start to roll in.

Hayden Ellington has never loved Eve Olsen more.