Poiesic Systems

Like everyone else I’ve been trying to understand the impact of AI on the job market. Calling the current state of things ‘murky’ is a understatement. Things are moving fast. It seems new models and products like Anthropic’s Mythos and Claude Design dramatically reshape the landscape every week or two promising more capabilities and likely more job automation. At the same time there’s polls showing bipartisan support for data center construction moratoriums. Then there’s Microsoft’s recent announcement they are pausing Copilot sign-ups for single-user plans which suggests even the hyperscalers are struggling with AI’s economics.

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From: chad.sigma@thrallco.com
To: all-employees@thrallco.com
Cc: executive-leadership@thrallco.com; hr-compliance@thrallco.com
Date: Friday, November 7, 2025 4:47 PM
Subject: [MANDATORY] Thought Leadership and Innovation Acceleration Initiative - ACTION REQUIRED BY MONDAY

In our relentless pursuit of operational excellence, we are excited to announce a groundbreaking new policy to accelerate our evolution into an AI-native organization. Effective 8am Monday, all internal dialogues will henceforth be externalized and expressed at full volume as we take our first brave steps enacting our Open Mind, Open Door policy.

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PRESS RELEASE

Neuralink Announces Full Self-Driving™ for Humans, Partners with Apple TV+’s “Severance”

Revolutionary Consciousness Segmentation Brings Fiction to Reality

FREMONT, CA – Neuralink Corporation today announced the launch of Full Self-Driving™ (FSD) for humans, alongside an exclusive partnership with Apple TV+’s “Severance” to deliver work-life consciousness separation.

“Why waste consciousness on your commute when your body can navigate itself?” said Elon Musk, Neuralink CEO. “This is the future humanity deserves.”

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Ten people sit in a conference room for an hour. Six team leads take turns reading slides, which rehash status already in JIRA. No decisions get made. Everyone leaves the meeting to do actual work. This happens every month. If asked, none of the attendees could name a single benefit of the meeting. It costs your company $24,000 a year.

Does this sound familiar to you?

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