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"You must be the fixer," the CTO of the medical device company greets me hurriedly at the diner.

"Right," I begin, asking about what hell their language model has unleashed on their product design.

After explaining the problem (software emulation works great, but the damn thing falls apart in real hardware), he hands me an employee ID card with a fake name and the job title of "intern".

I make a face, not sure how to feel.

"Sorry, it's the best I can do right now. They're watching our contractor registry, too."

I smile. "It's okay," I reassure him. There is no pride in survival. And I know he's good for the money. He was a hold-out on LLMs too, for as long as he could be.