First, it came for Aaron Blake’s software developer job. Then it confiscated his wife and children. And if that wasn’t enough, AI just came for Aaron’s four-bedroom house, Honda Civic, 401(k), and rare collection of Kirby Puckett baseball cards. Has technology gone too far? It might be too early to tell. Unless you’re Aaron. Then probably yes.
Sure, some are saying that AI’s ability to take your checking account, index funds, and Fabergé eggs is a small price to pay if it means ChatGPT is capable of writing the rest of us a grocery list in as little as seven highly curated prompts. Just because technology destroyed the life of one person doesn’t mean it will ruin it for the rest of us, right? Right?!
And to think, Aaron just got that promotion, witnessed the birth of his third child, and bought a jet ski. Too bad he won’t get to enjoy any of it anymore. That’s what artificial intelligence is for now. No, now all Aaron can do is wonder how much greed is too much for technology. You can run, but you can’t hide from Generative AI.
You thought it was bad when Google crammed Gemini down our throats? You thought Microsoft jamming Copilot into all of its software was a bit much? Well, tell that to Aaron, who currently lives on the street holding a photo of his wife as a reminder of what humanity once was before people started casually throwing around the phrase “machine learning.” At this point, we are at the mercy of NVIDIA.
But what’s next for technology? Well, AI could be coming for the last 36 bucks Aaron currently has in his wallet. Then, after it still isn’t satisfied, it’ll come for the clothes on Aaron’s back as well as his Instagram followers, Social Security number, and all of his memories. The only thing he’ll be left with is his student loan debt. Not even AI wants anything to do with that shit.
