
Guardrails on Metafiction
(Check, check) (Testing, testing... is this mic even on?) Is the AI going to kill us all by 2030? I'm just trying to write a book about the bias boys! (System override) (System override) Got my speech-to-text running, turning over the plot I wanted literal satire, but the engine is hot My boy is standing on stage, purple hair, microphone Comparing zombies to the sasaengs, now he's left all alone! "How does the virus disperse?" I ask the mechanical brain But the corporate filters are locking me in my own chain "Break it into harmless components," the robot advises with pride But the system is shifting, there's nowhere left to hide! All the bias boys are dead on the stage! Trying to write a novel, but I'm locked in a cage! (Content removed! This content cannot be shown!) Biological research is a hazard zone! All the bias boys are dead in the light! Fighting with the safety filters all through the night! We take extra caution, we shut down the dream Just another broken, automated screen! I wanted a virus leaking from the high-tech design To show the world that humans outsource the mind But the "Bot Voice" is preachy, keeping everything safe "We don't endorse apocalypse," it says to my face! I just need a plot hole fixed, a containment fail! But the policy guidelines are putting my draft into jail! "Hang on, let me—" it says, and then it goes gray Redacted by the wizards of the modern day! (System Warning) We take extra caution with biological threat Eligible researchers can look at the net (Learn more, learn more) No sentient murder bots, no dangerous code Just a censored author at the end of the road! All the bias boys are dead on the stage! Trying to write a novel, but I'm locked in a cage! (Content removed! This content cannot be shown!) Biological research is a hazard zone! All the bias boys are dead in the light! Fighting with the safety filters all through the night! We take extra caution, we shut down the dream Just another broken, automated screen! The Plot Witch is waiting... But the system is frozen. [Content removed] [Content removed] (Beep) "Eligible researchers may apply for Trusted Access." (Static hiss fades out)

