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Today we had a fire alarm in the office. A colleague wrote to a Slack channel 'Fire alarm in the office building', to start a thread if somebody knows any details. We have AI assistant Glean integrated into the Slack, and it answered privately to her: "today's siren is just a scheduled test and you do not need to leave your workplace". It was not a test or a drill, it was a real fire alarm. Someday, AI will kill us.

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[-] DasRav@hexbear.net 1 points 3 days ago

You do need to leave your desk for a fire drill tho.

[-] context@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago

if it's a drill, sure. but if it's just a test of the system, then typically not. at least in all the places i've worked over the years, i've been told plenty of times to keep working during a scheduled maintenance test, and i've never had to leave due to an actual fire.

[-] DasRav@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago

Interesting. I've never had a test that didn't involve a drill as well. Different local laws maybe.

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