RUN THE BILL
Give me a free story. I'll show you the bill.
Petty is fine. Cosmic is fine. Embarrassing is usually best.
The Bill
“AI will replace all work.”
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What this story is really promising
It is promising that one system can remove another without leaving the maintenance behind.
The hidden invoice
The hidden invoice is judgment, liability, verification, taste, incentives, and correction. Output is cheap; ownership of wrong output is not.
Where the heat goes
The heat goes to reviewers, managers, customers, and anyone still responsible for trust, correction, and blame.
What fails first
The first crack is replacement working in the demo before reality supplies politics, risk, and dirty inputs.
What would make it real
- Name who verifies output.
- Name who carries liability.
- Measure total cost after correction.
- Test the claim on ugly, high-stakes cases.
What to do next
Pick one high-stakes output and write the verification, correction, and blame path before trusting the claim.
The hard question
Who signs their name when the output is wrong?
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