Wired publishes an interactive AI training story about job loss fears

In short: Wired published an interactive story that looks like a required workplace AI training, and it focuses on fears that AI could replace jobs.

What's going on

Wired has released an interactive feature called “Global AI Principles for a Better Human Workforce.” It is presented like a company training webinar that employees must complete.

The story uses a darkly comic tone. It welcomes the reader as a “valued employee,” marks the training as “due yesterday,” and says the training might or might not prevent your “redundancy” (a formal way of saying you could lose your job).

It also warns that “compliance does not guarantee your nonredundancy.” In other words, even if you do everything right, the tool could still make your role unnecessary. The page includes notes that the training uses “multi-window” design and overlays, like a cluttered online course that makes it hard to know where to click next.

The broader message is simple. AI is showing up in many kinds of work, and that can feel intimidating. The feature tries to explain that anxiety by putting readers in the seat of a worker being told to adapt quickly.

What to watch

This kind of storytelling is becoming more common as AI spreads through offices. Watch for more “training style” content from publishers and employers, and for clearer guidance on what workers can do when tasks start getting automated (like when a new machine takes over part of a factory line).

Source: Wired