Observed arrival · 2026-10-13

Do Not Start Up: The Machine Is Hungry

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A cinematic satire about dependence on AI platforms, told through an interactive film and a fictional customer-support failure demo.

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For: Founders building on AI platforms
Worth noticing: Its visit counter defines a visit as one successful browser visit per 30-minute window and excludes obvious automated user agents.

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The film can be bypassed in favor of a static story, and readers can jump directly to individual scenes. REPLY/01 frames provider failure through local fixtures, with controls for manual handling and preparing a backup provider; its text says generated replies are drafts only and nothing is sent. The arrival log is not yet connected, and its stated counting method excludes fingerprinting and IP tracking.

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