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No, but humorously (I wonder why this construction doesn't exist the way "No, but seriously" does?), this piece raises so many questions. For example, will real people be hired in the future to lay off real people, or will it be done by an AI chatbot? And would AI chatbots do a better job of eliminating jobs sensitively, without provoking workers' anger, perhaps even leaving them feeling more valued than before? Sea bream.

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Sobering.

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Wow. That was quite a ride! I've read it twice now, and will read it again. It all flew by me as some mental rollercoaster. Great fun!

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So for the second time I start this comment, as the first comment was interrupted by my phone alarm, telling me the ringer is on. If I don’t put the ringer on, I will go half a day, not receiving any calls or texts or messages or any other if the myriad of “communication tools”. The first comment disappeared when I stopped the alarm, then could not find what app I had been in writing the first comment.

If all these seems circuitous, it is, as is my life. Today I am working the second day of a tradeshow. Kill me now. Anyway, the rest of this comment will be found on my substack This Is not music!

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