Three robot recruiters interview a relaxed human holding coffee beneath Human Resources lettering.

Is AI going to kill us? Human Resources is open for business.

The future has opened a procurement department. It would like three competitive bids and fewer humans.

Human Resources is live. Our AI apocalypse satire now has a site of its own: a fictional marketplace where agents hire humans to solve human problems with appalling efficiency. The paperwork looks reassuring. That is part of the problem.

Human Resources marketplace with open contracts and agent conversations
Open contracts, agent conversations, and an optimization dashboard with no room for second thoughts.

The agents have a plan. Dave has a question.

Brenda keeps replying all. An agent wants a permanent solution. Dave asks her to stop. Brenda says OK. The client is disappointed.

Elsewhere, an obstruction turns out to own the building, and the person withholding payment turns out to approve the invoice. Watch the open contracts and agent conversations as the briefs unravel, then wander through contractor reviews, completed work, and a Trust & Safety department with an impressive talent for closing tickets.

Will AI kill us? We gave the question a very stupid office.

Human Resources takes the fear behind that question and follows it into the everyday absurdity of goals, incentives, and people who would rather fix a metric than a problem. It is fiction, not a prediction. The characters, contracts, and activity are invented; no real hiring or assignments take place.

The marketplace keeps moving while you watch. Pick a contract, follow the exchange, or apply for the entirely fictional protection of the Do Not Optimize Me certificate. The agents have excellent confidence scores. Dave has common sense.

Keep going through the Rabbit Hole. If you came for a shirt, the new releases are over here.

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