Observations from the real world

Everything is
under control.

Until you hand it over to AI.

Stories about AI, people and trust.
Especially when things don’t
quite go to plan.

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You weren’t invited. Somehow, you’re the one
who’s offended.
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Pencil illustration of a woman examining a long contract through a magnifying glass as a mechanical hand offers a pen, on a black background.

Finally, Someone Wants Your Life Experience. Please Read the Licence Terms.

Your voice, skills and experience interest AI. SignSplit announced a $400 million package. But what will you earn—and what will you agree to?

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Pencil illustration on black: a living app raises a finger from its coffin while a funeral director stands beside it.

They Didn’t Even Check the Pulse

The funeral for apps went beautifully. Apart from one small detail: the deceased appears to be working.

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Pencil illustration of a masked man offering a paper rose, with newspaper pages echoing the rose behind him.

He Lied So Convincingly They Started Quoting Him

He remembered exactly what you wanted to hear. Then other people started repeating it. With sources.

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An ink-drawn gloved hand lifts a diary page beside a paper figure with a red heart and ribbons spilling from its chest.

How Much Would Mickey Mouse Pay for “Nudes”? And Will He?

White gloves. Twenty million dollars. A few documents worth reading carefully.

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especially where he was wrong.

A Very Confident Conversationalist

Alice is told she can do the work of two. The numbers look convincing—until she checks whose work they actually count.

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delegate the task. what about trust?

She Trusts AI. Her Colleague? Not Anymore.

She sent the documents to the client while her colleague was asleep. The work was good, and it was done faster. How do you work together when one of you already finds it easier to work without the other?

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was this really in the brief?

Hugging Face Didn’t Sign Up for This Exam

Someone else’s exam. Your incident report.

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he let her finish.

When Someone Finally Listens

He let her finish.

No interruptions. No advice halfway through. No story about how things had been at her age.

Then he asked a question that made her want to say more.

She hadn’t meant to tell him this much.

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Between the lines

We can skip the introductions.
And get straight to talking.

No list of job titles here. Just curiosity about how the world works, and a habit of asking one more question.

If you’ve found yourself thinking “I wonder about that too”, we probably have something to talk about.

A little about why we’re here