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Average time-to-redundancy: 11.3 months
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pssst. this is to sign up for updates on the game ;)
Will AI replace Classicist Librarian jobs? · Latest report #5n2gbpy3
Your job has an expiration date
December 31, 2028
In 2 years, 2 monthsTranslating dead languages for people who will never read them.
Dead languages speaker, living in a quiet basement.
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One human is building a game about fighting back.
Turning ancient silence into modern data streams.
help!youAI▸ LEXICORE ARCHIVER 9000▸ RARITY · UNCOMMON▸ DEPRECATION IN 2 YEARS, 2 MONTHSAI's Special Power
catalogues ten thousand scrolls per millisecond
You digitize scrolls, translate archaic texts, and curate dusty archives. Your replacement does it faster and without tenure.
The one thing AI can't do
You can still appreciate the subtle irony in a fragment of Sophocles.
Your enemy, your name, your date. Post it.
Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
Week 4
High-res cameras scan every manuscript to create searchable text.
Month 4
AI language models translate Latin and Greek without needing human input.
Month 11
Robotic grippers handle physical volumes in the climate-controlled stacks.
Month 20
The institution realizes digital access is cheaper than your salary.
Year 2.2 · D-Day
The library lockbox is sealed and your access credentials expire.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 98.2%
1000x faster
Language processing speed
Zero
Dust intake
Nonexistent
Tenure status
Your severance
One free electronic copy of Virgil.
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