"I asked for an AI to do my job—should've specified keeping me"
kuanhoong · x · 2026-11-11
A widely shared meme post reads: "I wanted an AI that could do my job. Apparently I should have been more specific about keeping me." The joke taps into automation anxiety: when "do my job" is executed fully by an AI agent, the human becomes the cost that gets cut.
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