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pssst. this is to sign up for updates on the game ;)
Will AI replace American Historian jobs? · Latest report #x3n44kfe
Your job has an expiration date
December 15, 2029
In 3 years, 2 monthsCataloging the past is easy when you lack a human memory.
Dusty source-reader with an over-reliance on microfilm
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One human is building a game about fighting back.
Mining the past, deleting the bias.






help!youAI▸ CHRONOS-LOGIC V4▸ RARITY · UNCOMMON▸ DEPRECATION IN 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHSAI's Special Power
synthesizes centuries of data in milliseconds
You interpret archival primary sources to construct historical narratives. Your job is basically arguing about dead people until someone gives you tenure.
The one thing AI can't do
You can still detect the irony in a dusty, century-old political pamphlet.
Your enemy, your name, your date. Post it.
Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
Day 10
High-speed scanners convert your entire dusty archive into searchable vector data.
Month 10
Vision models replace your eyes by perfectly interpreting the worst colonial handwriting.
Month 20
An LLM agent identifies patterns across millions of documents you haven't even read.
Year 2.5
Algorithmic consensus replaces the need for human validation of historical claims.
Year 3.2 · D-Day
The institution officially retires your office to turn it into a server closet.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 98.4%
0
Footnotes per day
450,000
Archives scanned hourly
100%
Human bias error rate
Your severance
A one-year subscription to a defunct genealogical website.
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