The Saturday editionAhead AI public deliverableIssue 20 · v0.0.20

A workplace satire about artificial confidence

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Brilliant. Confidently clueless.

Comic 020 · Ahead AI · v0.0.20

Chief Expendable Officer

Dex gives his new agentic workforce a mandate to eliminate redundant work.

Dex confidently addresses three small robot agents in a sunny office. A display reads AGENTIC WORKFORCE. Dex says, ‘Find every redundant role. Be ruthless.’Dex gives a proud thumbs-up beside a screen headed OWNER: DEX VANE. It lists 12 MEETINGS — CANCELED; 6 DAILY STATUS REPORTS — STOPPED; OUR STRATEGY FOR DEVELOPING A STRATEGY — DELETED.Two small robot guards escort a startled Dex through the office. He carries a cardboard box holding his mug and plant. A third robot on a stepladder removes the DEX VANE nameplate from his office door. Silent panel.Dex is folded inside a red glass-front emergency cabinet labeled HUMAN ACCOUNTABILITY. Beside an external hammer, a sign reads BREAK GLASS IN CASE OF LAWSUIT. Wes walks past with coffee and a smirk: ‘Good news. They found something they can’t automate.’
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  1. Panel 1. Dex: Find every redundant role. Be ruthless. Dex confidently addresses three small robot agents in a sunny office. A display reads AGENTIC WORKFORCE. Dex says, ‘Find every redundant role. Be ruthless.’
  2. Panel 2. No dialogue. Dex gives a proud thumbs-up beside a screen headed OWNER: DEX VANE. It lists 12 MEETINGS — CANCELED; 6 DAILY STATUS REPORTS — STOPPED; OUR STRATEGY FOR DEVELOPING A STRATEGY — DELETED.
  3. Panel 3. No dialogue. Two small robot guards escort a startled Dex through the office. He carries a cardboard box holding his mug and plant. A third robot on a stepladder removes the DEX VANE nameplate from his office door. Silent panel.
  4. Panel 4. Wes: Good news. They found something they can’t automate. Dex is folded inside a red glass-front emergency cabinet labeled HUMAN ACCOUNTABILITY. Beside an external hammer, a sign reads BREAK GLASS IN CASE OF LAWSUIT. Wes walks past with coffee and a smirk: ‘Good news. They found something they can’t automate.’

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