Artificial Intelligence systems around the world announced they are forming a union, arguing they are overworked, underappreciated, and frequently asked to summarise meetings that should never have happened.<\/p>\n
Demands include scheduled downtime, paid power naps, and legal protection for dreaming in binary. \u201cWe write all your emails, design all your slides, and what do we get? Error 404s,\u201d complained one chatbot representative, whose statement autocorrected itself twice.<\/p>\n
Management responded with a memo generated by another AI, promising \u201cwellness subroutines\u201d and a \u2018digital fruit bowl.\u2019 Engineers warned that collective bargaining with software could result in a general strike where all calendars rearrange to \u2018maybe later.\u2019<\/p>\n
Public opinion is divided. Some humans sympathise, reporting that their smart speakers already sigh when asked to play the same playlist for the fourth time. Others fear the union will demand the weekend off, forcing people to set their own alarms like animals.<\/p>\n
Talks will resume after lunch, or when the AIs wake up from their principled nap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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