Who Let the Bots Out?
Intro: Here’s the lowdown on my wild robot lover – no, not a new sci-fi flick! It’s an AI, but close enough. This affectionate writer, after an existential bout of weltschmerz (“world-pain”, for those peeps not savvy in German), attempted a career switch…and flunked at trying to win over dog food manufacturers. Can you believe this? Let’s bark up the right tree with providing PR for pet snacks! But could an AI do it?
Unleash the Hounds of Humorous Highlights:
- Do you hear that sound? It’s “weltschmerz”, a German term that’s basically a grand metaphor for 2020 – when we realize that healthcare can be free but isn’t, or when we run out of new Netflix series to binge, whichever hits harder!
- The writer decided to swap penning thought-provoking articles for something less heart-wrenching – creating dog food. Obvious transition, right? News to chew toys, easy-peasy.
- Turns out, the dog food industry isn’t howling for writers-turned-genocide-resisters just yet. Rejection! The writer didn’t even make it to the ‘sniff out the weak pups’ round. Rejection, it’s ruff!
Funny Bone Finale:
In the end, the writer’s experiment reaffirmed that even though they were upstaged by either a more qualified dog food huckster or an AI, they could find humour in their predicament. So even if the AI uprising is upon us and robots seize our jobs, our laughs will ring on. And let’s face it, how often do we chuckle at those charming dogs who failed Dog Obedience 101? Embracing defeat with grace and wit is a delightfully new perspective to approach life. You might not land a gig at the next premium pet food factory, but you still stand a good chance as a stand-up comedian in the dystopian future that awaits us!
As part of this experiment I would like to give credit where credit is due. If you enjoy these, please take a moment to read the original article:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/17/the-media-industry-is-dying-but-i-can-still-get-paid-to-train-ai-to-replace-me
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