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Heed the Warnings

Fauxcroft·January 19, 2026

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Heed the Warnings

written by: Fauxcroft

Robotic workforces
The dream of corporations,
They don’t take breaks
You don’t pay them a wage,
What happens to humans
When they take over,
Corporations won’t pay you
To just sit at home doing nothing,
So what happens next
It used to be science fiction,
But now it is close to science facts
And Asimov warned us and Hawkins too,
The dangers of AI robotic truths.

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