There had been waves of protest and bad press, but the app rolled out their new AI tools anyway.
The features, which had been developed using AI themselves, were a big hit, and traffic spiked again after shortly after the launch.
The CEO looked at the numbers and felt victorious. He’d replaced nearly every employee with AI, and there had been some hiccups, but the numbers didn’t lie. They were more profitable than ever. This was the future.
A sudden burst of alerts made him check his phone, and his heart sank. The board was replacing him with an AI.

“American businessman in China” by kevin dooley is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Everyday Drabbles © 2026 by Hugh J. O’Donnell is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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