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Will AI replace Extraterrestrial Researcher jobs? · Latest report #k8r2jm2h
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October 9, 2076
In 50 yearsObserving human stupidity is a data-collection task machines handle naturally.
Observer of the hairless, coffee-obsessed species
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One human is building a game about fighting back.
Cataloging planetary failure, one lifetime at a time.


ow.youAI▸ COSMOSOBSERVER MARK IX▸ RARITY · MYTHIC▸ DEPRECATION IN 50 YEARSAI's Special Power
filters infinite noise into pure existential indifference
You spend eons cataloging primate social behaviors and primitive space-faring attempts. You struggle with the sheer chaotic irrelevance of your subjects.
The one thing AI can't do
You retain the unique ability to feel existential dread while watching their reality television.
Your enemy, your name, your date. Post it.
Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
Month 3
Orbital arrays begin harvesting all public data broadcasts for automated pattern recognition.
Year 2.7
Algorithms predict human errors before the subjects even commit them in their daily lives.
Year 14
The machine generates accurate summaries of human artistic failure without needing to observe it.
Year 33
Processing power exceeds the need for physical observation of this unremarkable backwater planet.
Year 50 · D-Day
The research station permanently powers down after concluding humanity is not worth further disk space.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 97.5%
Zero
Intergalactic Insight Depth
Regrettable
Subject species IQ
Infinite
Hours spent bored
Your severance
A one-way ticket to a boring gas giant.
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