Eligible to Wait

Story day 762

The forum secretary had started placing a kitchen timer by the chair. Since the insurer bought an AI engineering assistant, papers arriving in four weeks had risen from eleven to thirty-four. “Nine decisions,” the secretary told Elliot, tapping the timer. “One more than last month. Our oldest item is twice as old. We have the papers ready, but the answers still take the whole meeting.”

The assistant could turn an engineer's notes into a submission, find related code and suggest tests…