i noticed my coworker had been unusually articulate in meetings. he never interrupted, always summarized decisions, and sometimes offered oddly formal compliments about our collective strategic destiny
one afternoon his video froze, but his voice continued responding to questions. then he addressed the finance director as 'honorable keeper of the treasury.' someone asked whether he was running a script
he admitted he'd been experimenting with an ai avatar during remote calls without telling anyone. our manager was less impressed by the technology than by the fact that confidential discussions had been routed through a tool we hadn't approved
the experiment ended. we still call the finance director keeper of the treasury, but only when the budget gets cut