The Future Isn't Dystopian. It's Just Competent.
Some managers are measuring employee “token usage”—how much they use AI—as a performance metric. This is what efficiency looks like when no one wants to admit they’re cutting. Beijing wants rapid AI adoption, but not visible disruption. And yet, here we are.
Imagine a production department that shrinks from thirty to ten, then from ten to five. Only two or three left for live-action shoots. The death of entire categories of work, happening in a small corner of entertainment. No one writes think pieces about micro-drama producers. The future isn’t dystopian. It’s just competent.