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I wake up, popping my head out of the two pillows I put between my ears to block out the sound of the nearby AI data center. I step into the shower and run it for a little while, praying that the water hadn't yet gone out due to the amount sucked up by the databases. This isn't the life I wanted, this isn't what the American Dream was supposed to be about. I should've had a wonderful home with a loving partner, and a job that pays me well and treats me like a human. But here I am, in a crappy cheap rural town down the road of the corporate hell where my fast food job is located. They treat me like an animal. I've never had time to catch my breath working there. I wish to resign and look for a better place, but thanks to the state of the market, that is damn near impossible. They don't pay me well, either. I only have enough money made to pay rent and have maybe get two takeout orders. The drive to work is just as much of an eyesore, billboards blabbering about AI, AI, AI, babies, AI, babies, Christ, eugenics, AI, the one instance of something different, and lastly, you guessed it, AI. My eyes feel attacked every time I'm subject to seeing them.
When will a better life come my way?