Story Notes

What happens when advancing technology disrupts millions of American jobs almost overnight? In GeeCee, a gripping novel set in a near-future reality, readers explore the deeply human and systemic responses to a tech-driven employment crisis. This thought-provoking story examines how individuals, industries, and even Congress react to the sudden displacement of millions of workers by automation and innovation. While a work of fiction, GeeCee is grounded in well-researched facts, offering a realistic glimpse into an unsettling but entirely possible future shaped by technology.
Perfect for fans of speculative fiction and those curious about the social impact of emerging technologies, GeeCee illuminates what might lie ahead for society.

Summary

In a near-future reality, the breakthrough technology known as "GeeCee" triggers a systemic shockwave, disrupting millions of American jobs almost overnight. Unlike the gradual shifts of the past, this automation landslide renders everyone—from blue-collar drivers to white-collar accountants—obsolete in a matter of weeks. The novel "GeeCee" is a gripping social thriller that examines the explosive aftermath of a nation losing its "Earthly Assignment." The story unfolds through three lenses: the displaced workers struggling to find identity without a paycheck; the tech visionaries vilified as "job-killers" while trying to balance progress with social collapse; and a frantic Congress debating radical solutions like Universal Basic Income as civil unrest looms. Grounded in well-researched facts, the narrative moves beyond sci-fi tropes to explore a terrifyingly realistic economic uprising. As the "American Dream" is deleted by an algorithm, the story asks a profound question: What is the intrinsic value of a human being in a world that no longer needs their labor? "GeeCee" is a high-concept speculative "wake-up call" that blends the political tension of "The West Wing" with the tech-anxiety of "Black Mirror." It is a journey from systemic chaos to a new definition of human purpose, proving that while technology can disrupt our jobs, it cannot disrupt our need for meaning.

Genre: Literary Fiction

Author: Christine3026

Status: Complete

Chapters: 1

Rating: n/a

Age Rating: 18+

GEECEE; The end of workdays

GEECEE

The Hook:

GeeCee is about artificial intelligence, in the news all the time, almost every day.

Based only a few years from now, the software to allow large trucks to be driverless has leapt forward. The characters act and interact in reaction to that technology eliminating hundreds of thousands jobs a year, likely a million or more in a fairly short time.

The Narrative Summary:

The premise is that a new use of AI eliminates up to one million jobs in a fairly short time. The jobs are long-haul truck drivers, eighteen wheelers. The players include the investors/developers, trucking company owners, truck drivers male and female, a powerful union and its members, members of the US Congress, newspaper reporters and photographers, the National Highway Safety Administration. The trucking and technology details have been carefully researched for accuracy.

The world of GeeCee is a mirror held up to our own, reflecting a society on the precipice of a technological landslide. When a new iteration of automation and innovation is unleashed, it doesn’t just replace workers, it dramatically, permanently changes a key part of the world economy.

Thematic Vision:

For a producer, this property offers a multi-factor, multi-faceted narrative with the intellectual weight of The Big Short and the social impact depicted in Origins and Atlanta. What happens when artificial intelligence results in the elimination of one million skilled, well-paying jobs? The novel GeeCee explores that question, and the involvement of employees, employers, investors, reporters, editors, a powerful union, high government officials and the United States Congress.

Based on GeeCee by Edward M. Krauss

Author Edward M. Krauss is available for book clubs, no fee or charge.

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