OFFICE GEOLOGY / No. 02 / AI & automation
The efficiency dividend
A ten-second task creates a promising market for oversight.
- Chip01
The AI finished the client’s report in ten seconds.

- Vera02
Excellent. Assemble the implementation team.

- Flint03
We’ll invoice the hours it didn’t take.

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Panel 1
A little robot completes the work while Chip watches.
Chip: The AI finished the client’s report in ten seconds.
Panel 2
Vera brings in a large conference table and many chairs.
Vera: Excellent. Assemble the implementation team.
Panel 3
Flint leads a procession of consultants past the idle robot.
Flint: We’ll invoice the hours it didn’t take.