Then Elon offered the carrot, suggesting replies could indicate people "deserving of promotion" (except that is not DOGE's task). No one is saying they got a promotion after the DOGE boys visited.
After garnering flack Musk changed it to a response is a "sign of life." And what life form will be checking those e-mails? Artificial intelligence will take the five bullet response, mix it in a blender with all the crap the DOGE kids purloined and dumped into Elon's bank of NVIDIA class machines, wherever they lie.
The mixture could end up like cocaine and ketamine, producing high powered AI hallucinations. What happens to workers fired based on a bad AI trip? Apparently, nobody #$%@& cares.
Unreliable AI technology is being used to fire people so they can be replaced with that same unreliable technology. This is why our TechGods were front and center at Trump II, the digital Caligula's coronation. They learned from their private equity underwriter (PEU) peers the power of Uncle Sam's wallet.
Also, headcount has to wither so TechGods and PEU billionaires can garner more tax cuts & their affiliate companies can grow their federal book of business. People struggling day to day don't give a hoot about space exploration. They want more Social Security and better Medicare insurance.
Welcome to Pricktocracy, which gives the people the opposite of what they want, while pretending otherwise.
Update: Pricktocrat Musk doubled down:
"The email request was utterly trivial, as the standard for passing the test was to type some words and press send!" Musk posted on X, the social media site he owns. "Yet so many failed even that inane test, urged on in some cases by their managers."Musk went on to say, "Subject to the discretion of the president, they will be given another chance. Failure to respond a second time will result in termination."
As for Trump II, the digital Caligula, it seems he's cheering for the AI machines over federal workers:
Demean, then destroy. That could be the name of Trump's next meme-coin....