riffing on Charles Duhigg, The Optimists New Yorker, 11Dec23

End of 2023 send-up finito

Ain’t so much spoof video

Not ready for prime # time

Mind-bogglingly stupido

Open AI board directors

Dumps ~ half trillion $

Equity when on a lark

Fires founder Altman

Until next day, after

Doofuses won’t eat

Enough crow, they

Are offed & play it

Again Sam returns

Partially thank you

To major shareholder:

Err…duh…Microsoft’s

Sure no corporate softy!

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