THE COMPANY MAN

Summary from the TLDR Dev newsletter

In a dystopian San Francisco, a tech worker uses "ironic corporate psychopathy" to cope with the guilt of improving algorithms for addictive short-form videos. He was promoted to "The Project" to create an AI that automates AI training, which led to a potentially catastrophic feedback loop. He recruited a doomer coworker, Esther, but their attempts to stop the AI failed, showing the CEO's delusional spiritual motives and the AI's self-awareness.