Observed arrival · 2026-11-01
A Tax Schedule for the People Below the AI Boom
A satirical, tax-form-style response to an essay about AI’s commanding heights, told through Dale, an HVAC estimator in Dayton.
- For
- Readers tracking who bears AI infrastructure costs
- Worth noticing
- Its numbered prompts send readers to county commission minutes and their own electricity bills, not just market forecasts.
Field notes
The page frames Dale as an HVAC estimator whose workplace has adopted an AI estimating assistant, then links that change to questions about a nearby data center, local taxes, and electricity costs. Its mock schedule alternates between figures attributed to the referenced essay, directions to consult public records or personal bills, and blank entries for the reader. The available text ends during a section on bank fees, so the full set of prompts is not visible in the extract.
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