World prepares for AI “apocalypse.”

You take your hand away from the mouse and reach for the cold coffee. You lean back in your chair. You frown in deep thought. You cough a little to clear your tired larynx – and your head.

And your conference call has just been evaluated by the algorithms. Second time in 5 minutes.

Shiny pin with company logo: +5 points.

Health warning: -5 points

Inactivity timer: -10 points.

Inattention warning: -25 points.

Aggression alarm (the frown): -100 points.

An AI-generated evaluation appears on your manager’s terminal. Red flags can be seen everywhere.

Your boss takes his hand off the mouse, reaches for a coffee… and leans back in his chair, frowning…

Welcome to the Office of the Year 2026.

It could be at home, in the CBD, in a warehouse – or in a car.

But your every human action and reaction is recorded, interpreted and judged.

Through a machine.

“This is quickly becoming the new normal where algorithmic eyes never blink,” says Lynn, an analyst at the Institute for New Economic Thinking…