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April 15, 2028
In 1 year, 6 monthsYour team manages software for books that nobody has time reading.
Professional cat-herder of editorial software and slow deadlines.
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Automating the slow path to the bookstore shelf.
toast.youAI▸ PUBLOGIC AGENT V9▸ RARITY · UNCOMMON▸ DEPRECATION IN 1 YEAR, 6 MONTHSAI's Special Power
reassigns entire departments based on predicted trends
You oversee project management software and team throughput for legacy publishing workflows. You track deadlines and staff capacity.
The one thing AI can't do
You can still perform the complex emotional labor of telling a junior editor they failed.
Your enemy, your name, your date. Post it.
Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
Week 4
Sensors monitor your software usage and internal email response times.
Month 4
Software automatically reassigns tasks to faster, non-human editorial workflows.
Month 8
The AI replaces your weekly standup with a generated summary dashboard.
Month 13
The system identifies which four staff roles are purely administrative.
Month 18 · D-Day
The platform now governs all publication lifecycle decisions without human intervention.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 97.1%
4,200 hourly
Manuscript bottlenecks found
100%
Staff meeting redundancy
15,000
Spreadsheet rows per day
Your severance
A vintage typewriter and a subscription to nothing.
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