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Your job has an expiration date
March 16, 2030
In 3 years, 5 monthsYou build the hands that will eventually replace your own.
Professional breaker of conveyor belts and logic gates.
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Automating the automators since yesterday.
bzzt.youAI▸ AUTOARCHITECT 9000▸ RARITY · RARE▸ DEPRECATION IN 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHSAI's Special Power
generates perfect ladder logic in nanoseconds
You design PLC logic and robotic cells to assemble products. You troubleshoot hardware integration when the line stalls.
The one thing AI can't do
You can still interpret the weird noise the motor makes on a Tuesday morning.
Your enemy, your name, your date. Post it.
Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
Week 9
AI assistants write your ladder logic snippets and documentation drafts.
Month 8
Digital twin software tests your robotic cells before they exist.
Month 18
Self-calibrating hardware removes the need for your manual diagnostic tuning.
Year 2.3
Agents push patches directly to factory controllers without human intervention.
Year 3.4 · D-Day
The factory controller updates itself and locks you out forever.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 95.3%
12
logic bugs per week
20
hours fixing sensor drift
4
coffee cups before noon
Your severance
A decommissioned stepper motor and a warm handshake.
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