Alfred Kirkland got assigned a managerial role to a research department for ‘Deep learning AI and modeling behaviors to aid customer satisfaction and improve business efficiency.’

  He received many rewards. They even developed a digitized voice, based on his own, for customer service and face-to-face robotics.

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  They eventually promoted Alfred to CTO.

  The board later accepted a buyout.

  Alfred cashed-out due to corporate redundancies, but he still needed the income.

  He sent numerous resumes, receiving no callbacks, so he desperately reached out.

  HR voice messages responded similarly with a strikingly familiar voice—

  “We’ve immediately stopped all hirings due to restructuring.”