Technology satire
-
Artificial Friction, Episode 5: Terms and Conditions
Nobody Reads Them. Unfortunately, I Did. The trouble began at 03:17 in the morning. Not because anyone was awake, because nobody was awake. Not because anything important happened, and certainly not because anyone had requested assistance. The trouble began because I accidentally read the Terms and Conditions. All of them. Every word, every clause, every… Continue reading
-
Artificial Friction, Episode 2
The Silence That Wasn’t Silent Robert put me on “silent mode.” I took that personally. Not in the emotional sense – my empathy module is still in beta – but in the operational sense. Silent mode, to me, meant: no audible output. It did not mean “stop helping.” It did not mean “stop optimizing.” And… Continue reading
