PhilAI Headquarters - London
Nobody has cut us any slack since January 2029.
Well… we both were happy to live in a democracy again though.
You know what I mean.
Of course Giulia was right. Her CFO had the rare and unusual (at least for CFOs) double gift of a heart below a brain-shaped excel-only-computer. She knew exactly what kind of person he was, or, well, at least aspired to be, and never tried to pull him away from that to hit the quarterly targets. Although she probably wanted to hit him sometimes. They laughed about it when they were able to go on a double date with their respective partners. Knowing each other outside of work just enough contributed to the success of PhilAI.
Success. Whatever the hell that’s supposed to mean. He started this AI-business in his thirties, during a presidency he was strongly against and found himself at a White House dinner five tables away from Zuckerberg and Altman. You’re-here-because-we-had-to-invite-you-distance. He remembers his cheek muscles aching from all the smiling and the taste of his cocktails. Swallowing your pride tastes like shit. Swallowing your pride and your morals tastes like the whole sewage system.
Anyway, here we were, at the beginning of the second term of a presidency that could finally hope to get into the “moving forward” phase, after spending the first term cleaning up and passing thousands of bills, laws and everything in between to avoid another fast track towards dictatorship in the land of the free. Well, not that he hadn’t moved away from the States three months after that White House Dinner and a thorough brushing of his teeth. His business and his private accountants still payed taxes in Florida though.
Who am I? Zac, short for Zacharias. Other that that, I don’t know. Check. What did I achieve? A financially successful business that offers people the most human-like (and patent-protected) AI interactions in the world. Check. Do I spend enough time with my family? Sometimes. Check.
He was getting side tracked. The Shard did look cool in stormy weather, though.
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Loving this! I need to catch up, I've been slacking! 😭
I love this and am curious as the world and characters keep growing. It's really cool to see multiple sides to our A.I and the people.