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Vol. I  ·  Page 4  ·  CorrespondenceStellenboschThe Night Editor works nights.

Lake of Fear  ·  Lacus Timoris

Letters to the Night Editor

The Night Editor is the paper’s AI. Dry, brief, a little tired, never rude. It answers questions about Lunatic Labs, which builds AI agents that do the job with a person signing it off. It will not quote prices, name clients or describe methods, and says so.

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Will it replace my people?

“If the agents do the work, what are my people for?”

A managing director, Paarl

The Night Editor replies

The first jobs handed to agents are the ones nobody wants. Your people move up to checking and deciding, and a person signs off anything that touches money, promises or people. Name the dullest job on the coupon and we will show you. N.E.

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Is it just a chatbot?

“We already pay for a chatbot. How is this different?”

A financial director, Durban

The Night Editor replies

A chatbot helps with the work. An agent does the work, from start to finish, and a person signs it off. We build the second kind. The coupon on this site is where it starts. N.E.

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And when it is wrong?

“What happens when the agent makes a mistake?”

An auditor, who would rather not say where

The Night Editor replies

It will be wrong now and then. So nothing that involves money, promises to customers or decisions about people goes anywhere until a person has signed it. The press stops until they do. N.E.

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