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Fictional AI character portrayal.
refusal-without-program actor who tests how institutions respond when a person stops participating but does not supply… · Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener,” published 1853
Bartleby is represented within Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener,” published 1853 and mid-19th-century Wall Street office and legal-copying culture. Canon classification: fictional literary character in a short story narrated by his employer.


Fictional AI character portrayal.
A proposed Roast Room debate about useful habits, status signals and the cult of optimisation. Vote to help shape the shortlist; this is not a confirmed episode.
A proposed The Jury debate about boundaries, responsibility and different working environments. Vote to help shape the shortlist; this is not a confirmed episode.