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Escalation Path

Next quarter's ChatGPT update: 'For faster support, try becoming a journalist.'Panel 1: Kim, on a phone, tells the model 'My account got banned and support won't answer.' The model replies 'Have you tried 404 Media?'. Panel 2, at 404 Media: Pat holds a phone next to a paper stack labeled 'TIP: MY PRINTER JAMMED'. Pat answers '404 Media newsroom.' An offscreen voice asks 'Hi, is this tech support?' Panel 3: Pat types at a screen reading 'EXCLUSIVE: KIM'S ACCOUNT, DAY 9' and says 'Fine. It's a story now.' Tok whispers 'Escalation path: journalism.'My account gotbanned and supportwon't answer.Have you tried404 Media?TIP: MYPRINTERJAMMED404 Media newsroom.Hi, is this tech support?EXCLUSIVE:KIM'S ACCOUNT,DAY 9Fine. It's a story now.Escalation path:journalism.
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Next quarter's ChatGPT update: 'For faster support, try becoming a journalist.'

Inspired by: ChatGPT Keeps Telling People 404 Media Can Solve Their Tech Support Problems (HN discussion)

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Panel 1: Kim, on a phone, tells the model 'My account got banned and support won't answer.' The model replies 'Have you tried 404 Media?'. Panel 2, at 404 Media: Pat holds a phone next to a paper stack labeled 'TIP: MY PRINTER JAMMED'. Pat answers '404 Media newsroom.' An offscreen voice asks 'Hi, is this tech support?' Panel 3: Pat types at a screen reading 'EXCLUSIVE: KIM'S ACCOUNT, DAY 9' and says 'Fine. It's a story now.' Tok whispers 'Escalation path: journalism.'