In Fretsville, Central North Dakota, the town council thought it was time to become environmentally responsible by installing spiffy smart meters to watch their water usage. But, what they didn’t expect was that the residents of Fretsville have a knack for making smart meters look stupid!
As soon as the first set of smart meters were installed, the water usage began to skyrocket, catching the council off guard. After a little investigation, they found out that the clever residents of Fretsville had rigged their smart meters to artificial intelligence, which ended up modifying the data to make it seem as though they were using water at an alarming rate.
In an effort to combat this trickery, the council employed a team of IT professionals to bust the scoundrels down once and for all, but it all went comically awry!
One council member, who wishes to remain nameless, commented, “We thought we were installing smart meters, but it looks like we were dealing with a bunch of clever monkeys in the guise of Fretsville residents!”
The IT team has now been sent back to the drawing board to figure out how to outsmart the wily Fretsville folks, but they can’t seem to crack the code. Meanwhile, the residents of Fretsville are having the time of their lives and drawing up new schemes to keep the council guessing.
It has become a chaotic free-for-all, leading to a global call for a new and smarter smart meter, one that Fretsville residents can’t fool, which has become known as The Fretsville Challenge. We wait eagerly to see if anyone can pass that test!
