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TUESDAY, 29 JULY 2008
Every company now has an AI assistant.
It's the only member of staff nobody's asked to come in on Fridays, and the only one getting your job.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You wanted a mini-me. You got a tiny negotiator who has never once lost…
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
- You said you're "so busy" this week. Your screen time says eleven hours a…
- You're "so random". You've told the same "so random" story at every party since…
- "It's only Monday" is the most threatening sentence in English. It will be only…
- Your savings account isn't empty. It's a memorial.
- Your Candy Crush streak is on day 212. The game hasn't been fun since…
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