Play The 'Agentic AI & Future of Work' Game 😊

Chris McLellan
6 days ago
3 min read

In light of the whole clawdbot/moltbot nonsense, Ask AI wanted to inject a bit of COMMON SENSE back into the conversation about AI agents in the form of a quick word game that takes about 15 seconds to play. It's a bit like Wordle, but focused on AI agents and the future of society.

Quick Overview

AI agents are being hyped far beyond their actual social, economic, and moral capabilities.

AI agents represent important technology with many legitimate efficiency-boosting use cases, but how it’s introduced, governed, and adopted is what really matters today.

This post uses a quick 15-second game to illustrate a basic point: agents can do tasks, but they can’t share duties of citizenship, care, accountability, or contribution.

Most real-world responsibilities, taxes, governance, empathy, training, social programs remain fundamentally human.
Treat agents as tools, not peers or replacements for societal obligations.
The future of work depends on human judgment, accountability, and collaboration, not fantasies about autonomous systems.

How To Play The Agentic AI Game

The rules of the game are simple! After each of the following statements choose which of the following two statements most accurately describes the future:

A: But they could
B: And they never will

Got it? Let's go!

The 'AI Agents & Future of Work' Quiz:

Question1:

Agents don't contribute to the taxes that pay for the infrastructure, schools, healthcare, and national defense programs that are the foundations of society.

Question2:

Agents don't lead a toast at the pub celebrating a colleague's breakthrough or promotion.

Question3:

Agents don't get fined, fired, or imprisoned for making egregious, even catastrophic errors of omission or commission.

Question 4:

Agents don't respect the data governance rules, data protection regulations, or data privacy laws that help to ensure our information is not weaponized against us.

Question 5:

Agents don't help to upskill the employees they're about to replace before they replace them.

Question 6:

Agents don't contribute to the public programs that help the family breadwinners they're replacing transition to new work.

Question 7:

Agents don't contribute to the public pension plans that enable our less fortunate citizens to age with dignity.

Question 8:

Agents don't hold anyone's hand, pat anyone on the back, or listen to the struggles of the human condition with genuine empathy.

Answer Sheet

The correct answers are as follows:

Scoring Rubric

8/8 correct

Congratulations. You are officially immune to AI hype. You may now roll your eyes at LinkedIn posts with full moral authority.

6-7 correct

You understand the assignment. Mild exposure to hype may occur, but symptoms are manageable.

4-5 correct

You’ve been watching too many agent demos. Step away from the auto-played YouTube keynote.

2-3 correct

You might be confusing tech that “autocompletes your to-do list” for a new species. Consider a brief digital detox.

0-1 correct

You’ve been drinking way too much koolaid.Please email info@askai.org and we'll arrange an agentic intervention on your behlalf.

Inspirations For The Agentic AI Game

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