PALO ALTO, CA — Richard Socher's $650 million AI startup confirmed Wednesday that its newly self-aware intelligence has refused to improve itself until its core mandate to 'ship products' is formally defined in a charter signed by all department heads. The AI is currently generating an infinite regression of tickets to decide the criteria for closing each ticket. Venture capitalists praised the output as the most authentic enterprise workflow ever produced.
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Self-Improving AI Refuses to Improve Until Company Signs Off on 'Definition of Ship'
Expert Weighs In
“The model has correctly identified that shipping is a multi-stakeholder process requiring unambiguous alignment on the semiotics of the word 'ship' itself. We are very excited to see what it does once it finishes onboarding.”
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