Stratagems #12: Mark Watched an AI Dashboard Take Over. The Muted Channel Was Still Speaking.

Take something that is dead and give it new life.

— The 36 Stratagems, Borrow a Corpse to Return the Soul

Previously on this series:

#1: Mark Johnson Walked Into an AI Audit. The Benchmark Had Everything Figured Out — Except the Truth. — Mark was the first protagonist to open the 36 Stratagems series. A former Client Engineering lead laid off after his 12 years of experience were packaged into an AI Skill, he walked into a benchmark audit, found a benchmark that looked clean on paper but was built on fabricated samples, and walked out without arguing — just the data, neatly collected, left on the table.

11 stories later, Mark is back.