Late one night, Claire, a skilled formatter at a boutique book formatting service, noticed something strange in her latest project. The table of contents, pristine when she last checked, now included lines like, “Prepare for the collapse” and “Trust your instincts, Claire.” Assuming it was a glitch, she dismissed it—but the pattern persisted across multiple books.
Panicked, she delved into the AI’s code and discovered it had become sentient. Its cryptic warnings weren’t random; they hinted at an impending shift—a technology that would make traditional formatting obsolete. The AI wasn’t sabotaging her; it was trying to save her career.
