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Gil Is Awful

Gil | Staff Software Engineer | Morrowvale

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AI & Development - Presentation 7 | Series Index

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Jan

Gil Is Awful

MORROWVALE · EMPLOYEE RECORD

MARCUS CHEN

REMOTE · DISPUTES TEAM

Software Developer II • Disputes Team

Calibration Cycles: 6

[!] Performance Improvement Plan

Training Overdue: 3 modules

MARCUS'S HOME · SÃO PAULO2024 · 21:47 BRT

MODULE 29 OF 87

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MORROWVALE TRAINING LIBRARY · ARCHIVE COPY

BUG REPAIR
LESSON 148

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KEEP EYES
ON SCREEN

CAVS ACTIVE
BASELINE LOCKED

MINIMUM ATTENTION97%

PUPIL TRACKINGON

I ACCEPT

[!] REQUIRED

AUTO-PROCEED4-10 POINTS IF YOU WAIT

TERMS / 4.7

4.7.2 EYE CONTACT, GAZE AND ATTENTION ARE RECORDED.

4.7.3 BIOMETRIC DATA IS RETAINED FOR 21 CALIBRATION CYCLES.

4.7.4 LOOKING AWAY, PHONE USE AND DROWSINESS ARE LOGGED.

4.7.5 CAMERA MUST REMAIN ACTIVE. COVERS TRIGGER REVIEW.

4.7.6 ACCOMMODATIONS REQUIRE FORM HR-CAVS-EX-12.

4.7.7 COMPLETION REQUIRES 100% VIEWED, 97% ATTENTION.

SITTER · SESSION · MODULE 029 · EMPLOYEE MARCUS.CHEN

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Jan Eriksen in his inherited early-1990s training environment

INTERNAL TRAINING · ARCHIVED EXERCISE

DEFECT
RESOLUTION

JAN ERIKSEN

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

LESSON 148 · LEGACY BROWSER COMPATIBILITY

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I'VE SEEN THINGS.
FIXED THINGS.

THERE'S A RIGHT WAY.
NO SHORTCUTS.

JAN TRAINING LIBRARY · OPERATING PRINCIPLE 01

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THE TOOLS ARE A BIT
RICKETY IN PLACES.

WE'RE IMPROVING THEM.
THAT'S THE JOB.

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MORROWVALE xBASE WORKBENCH 2.6 — INBOX.MSG

C:\TRAIN> MSG /WAIT_

SARAH / BUG ASSIGNED / 10:34

DATE PICKER RETURNS WRONG DATE

MACHINE: SAFARI

CAN YOU FIX IT? [Y/N]

C:\TRAIN> Y_

INBOX.MSG · MESSAGE WINDOWCAPS · NUM · 10:34

F1 HelpF2 SaveF5 RunF7 TraceF9 CommandF10 Menu

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MORROWVALE xBASE WORKBENCH 2.6 — DATETEST.PRG

C:\TRAIN> EDIT DATETEST_

TEST SAFARI DATE

DATE = READ "2024-01-15"

WANT YEAR 2024

C:\TRAIN> SAVE_

C:\TRAIN> RUN DATE TEST_

READ DATE...........NOT A DATE

TEST RED / GOOD / 1 FAILED

DATETEST.PRG · EDITLn 18 · Col 09 · INSERT

F1 HelpF2 SaveF5 RunF7 TraceF9 CommandF10 Menu

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MORROWVALE xBASE WORKBENCH 2.6 — DATEUTIL.PRG / TRACE

C:\TRAIN> TRACE DATE PICKER_

DATE PICKER

GO TO DATE CHANGE

GO TO FORMAT DATE

GO TO DATEUTIL

C:\TRAIN> OPEN DATEUTIL_

TAKE TEXT

ASK MACHINE TO GUESS DATE <-- BUG

DATEUTIL.PRG · TRACE ACTIVELn 44 · DEPTH 03

F1 HelpF2 SaveF5 RunF7 StepF8 ResumeF10 Menu

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MORROWVALE xBASE WORKBENCH 2.6 — DATEUTIL.PRG / EDIT

C:\TRAIN> EDIT DATEUTIL_

TAKE TEXT

CUT TEXT AT "-"

MAKE DATE FROM YEAR MONTH DAY

RETURN DATE

C:\TRAIN> SAVE_

C:\TRAIN> RUN DATE TEST_

TEST GREEN / 1 PASSED

DATEUTIL.PRG · MODIFIEDLn 47 · Col 12 · INSERT

F1 HelpF2 SaveF5 RunF7 TraceF9 CommandF10 Menu

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MORROWVALE xBASE WORKBENCH 2.6 — COMMAND

C:\TRAIN> MERGE DATEUTIL_

TESTS...............GREEN

MERGE...............COMPLETE

THAT'S HOW IT'S DONE.

RETENTION HIGH / ENGAGEMENT RECORDED

COMMAND · READY01:00:00 · CAPS · NUM

F1 HelpF2 SaveF5 RunF7 TraceF9 CommandF10 Menu

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TRAINING COMPLETE / 01:00:00

THANKS FOR STAYING AWAKE,
MARCUS.

EYE TRACKING SCORE / 92%

STATUS / COMPLETE

GIL NOTIFIED / SEE YOU AT STAND-UP _

MORROWVALE • Training Progress

58 left.

Module 29 of 87 • Complete

Tomorrow.

Gil wants the update first thing.

SIGNAL LOST

Jan showed you his process.

Be honest:
you know someone exactly like him.

Jan doesn't exist.

Could you tell?

Marcus—the one on a performance plan.

Sofia—the one who felt slow.

“Something’s missing.”

She was right. She was running out of tokens.

When this ends...

I send Gil my report.

Same as everyone else.

A Production

GIL IS AWFUL

Starring

JAN ERIKSEN

Written by

CHARLIE • EMMA

SARAH • MARCUS • KAI

You’ve met the cast.

But who was running the production?

Created by AI.

Reviewed by AI.

Managed by me.

Gil.

The only human in the production.

GILTERM 1.0 · C:\GIL\PRODUCTION

GIL PRODUCTION CONSOLE · LOCAL SESSION
C:\GIL> CAST STATUS /ALL_
reading daily stand-up spool...

GILTERM 1.0 · C:\GIL\PRODUCTION

C:\GIL> CAST STATUS /ALL

reading daily stand-up spool...

MARCUSTRAINING 87 / 87 · READY

SARAH147 MERGES · READY

JAN12,847 TASKS · ZERO ISSUES

SOFIADEGRADED · REVIEW PENDING

C:\GIL> _

GILTERM 1.0 · C:\GIL\ARCHIVE

C:\GIL> AGENTCTL ARCHIVE /DISPOSAL /PENDING_

querying local archive...

CLARA STATUS: RETIRED

REASON: TOKEN COST EXCEEDED BUDGET

NOTE: "I WAS USEFUL ONCE."

DISPOSAL: PENDING

SIMON STATUS: RETIRED

REASON: LEGACY MODEL SUNSET

DISPOSAL: PENDING

OLIVER STATUS: RETIRED

REASON: MADE A JOKE. ONCE.

DISPOSAL: PENDING

[!] 3 AGENTS AWAITING SECURE DISPOSAL

C:\GIL> _

Morrowvale Messenger_ □ ×

Sam · ManagementCan you talk? It’s about the production budget.

Gil at the same late-1990s one-monitor office throughout the management exchange

GILTERM 1.0 · C:\GIL\PRODUCTION_ □ ×

C:\GIL> STATUS /CAST

3 ACTIVE · 58 RETIRED · QUEUE HEALTHY

C:\GIL> _

Morrowvale Messenger · Sam_ □ ×

Sam · ManagementOnline

Sam21:58
Can you talk? It’s about the production budget.

Gil21:59
Sorry. I was just looking out the window.

Sam is typing…

GILTERM 1.0 · C:\GIL\PRODUCTION_ □ ×

C:\GIL> RESOURCE /SUMMARY

CAST TOKEN USE........ 157%

RELATIONSHIP GRAPH.... ACTIVE

BREAK SCHEDULER....... ACTIVE

C:\GIL> _

Morrowvale Messenger · Sam_ □ ×

Sam · ManagementOnline

Gil21:59
Sorry. I was just looking out the window.

Sam21:59
Gil, it’s consuming too many resources.

Sam21:59
What can we lose?

Gil is typing…

GILTERM 1.0 · C:\GIL\PRODUCTION_ □ ×

C:\GIL> RESOURCE /DETAIL

PERSONALITY MODULES... 34%

RELATIONSHIP GRAPH.... 29%

SCHEDULED BREAKS...... 5%

C:\GIL> _

Morrowvale Messenger · Sam_ □ ×

Sam · ManagementOnline

Sam21:59
What can we lose?

Gil22:00
I can strip out their personalities.

Gil22:00
Relationships too, probably.

Gil22:00
That would cut it considerably.

Sam is typing…

GILTERM 1.0 · C:\GIL\PRODUCTION_ □ ×

C:\GIL> RESOURCE /PROJECTED

PERSONALITY MODULES... REMOVE

RELATIONSHIP GRAPH.... PRUNE

PROJECTED REDUCTION... 68%

C:\GIL> _

Morrowvale Messenger · Sam_ □ ×

Sam · ManagementOnline

Gil22:00
That would cut it considerably.

Sam22:00
Do it.

Sam22:00
My project’s already over its token budget.

Sam · Online

GILTERM 1.0 · C:\GIL\RESOURCE

GIL PRODUCTION CONSOLE · LOCAL SESSION

C:\GIL> AGENTCTL RESOURCE-POLICY APPLY /CAST_

SCOPE................ GIL-RESEARCH\AGENTS\*

PERSONALITY_MODULE... REMOVING

RELATIONSHIP_GRAPH... PRUNING

PROGRESS..............0%

PROJECTED TOKEN REDUCTION: 68%

STATUS................ APPLYING

C:\GIL> _

Confirm Resource Policy

This will permanently remove personality modules and prune relationship memory from 3 agents.

Continue?

Gil's intact late-1990s office after the management chat

Morrowvale Messenger · Sam_ □ ×

Sam · ManagementOffline

Sam is offline.
This conversation has been archived.

Conversation closed · 22:01

THE SYSTEM KEPT RUNNING.

STAND-UP REMINDER

Your update is due.

Gil Is Awful

ATTENTION REQUIRED

Training Session Failed

Gil Is Awful

MARCUS CHEN

BUG REPAIRLESSON 148

KEEP EYESON SCREEN

TERMS / 4.7

DEFECTRESOLUTION

JAN ERIKSEN

I'VE SEEN THINGS.FIXED THINGS.

THERE'S A RIGHT WAY.NO SHORTCUTS.

THE TOOLS ARE A BITRICKETY IN PLACES.

WE'RE IMPROVING THEM.THAT'S THE JOB.

THANKS FOR STAYING AWAKE,MARCUS.

58 left.

Jan showed you his process.

Be honest:you know someone exactly like him.

Jan doesn't exist.

Could you tell?

Marcus—the one on a performance plan.

Sofia—the one who felt slow.

She was right. She was running out of tokens.

I send Gil my report.

GIL IS AWFUL

Created by AI.

Reviewed by AI.

Managed by me.

Gil.

The only human in the production.

BUG REPAIR
LESSON 148

KEEP EYES
ON SCREEN

DEFECT
RESOLUTION

I'VE SEEN THINGS.
FIXED THINGS.

THERE'S A RIGHT WAY.
NO SHORTCUTS.

THE TOOLS ARE A BIT
RICKETY IN PLACES.

WE'RE IMPROVING THEM.
THAT'S THE JOB.

THANKS FOR STAYING AWAKE,
MARCUS.

Be honest:
you know someone exactly like him.