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I Trained My Replacement and All I Got Was This Lousy Existential Crisis

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Published: 07 May 2026

The first time I met my replacement, it didn't even have a name. Just a string of numbers and letters that looked like someone had face-planted on a keyboard: GPT-7x-Prod-Cluster-B. I stared at the Slack profile for a solid minute, waiting for the existential dread to subside. It didn't. Instead, I got a direct message: 'Hi! I'm your new AI colleague. I'm excited to learn from you! 🚀'

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