https://www.theverge.com/news/626851/tesla-takedown-protests-elon-musk
It had been a status symbol, the company had become an icon, its founder a legendary figure. The fall from grace had been sudden and precipitous. When the protests started it became a faux pas to be seen with one. Constant memes. Other boycotts were now widespread. Those who could, dumped their Agents and switched to a different model. Workers lobbied their systems to change the company standard. Those who couldn’t change hacked the screen to read “#notbychoice”. It wasn’t the Agents’ fault. They hadn’t done it. It had been the founder. But nobody could do anything about that AI.