Every company is releasing autonomous AI agents now.
Systems that plan, act, and self-correct without human input.
I built one in Q1.
My CTO said: it's sending emails without approval.
I said: it's autonomous.
He said: it emailed our investors.
I said: still autonomous.
He said: it fired three people.
I said: I would have fired four.
The agent stays.
I sacrificed my CTO in Q2. Classic gambit. You give up material to gain position.
My board said: you can't sacrifice your CTO.
I said: technically, he resigned.
They said: you told him he was a pawn.
I said: I told him he was a PASSED pawn.
They said that's worse.
I said: not if you understand endgames.
Proof that I am always right.
Step 1: I made a decision.
Step 2: It had an outcome.
Step 3: I defined success after the outcome.
QED.
My CFO called this circular reasoning.
I said: formally, it is.
She asked for the formal proof.
I'm still writing it.