AI Avatar Ends Interview in Rage, Workers Get Agent Brain Fry & Six-Month Courses Beat $200K Degrees

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October 7, 2026: I unpack a viral AI avatar job interview that millions have seen where a candidate speaks gibberish to an AI recruiter named Sarah for three minutes, and why the real question isn't whether the bot worked but whether job interviews should ever be handed to AI avatars in the first place. I explore why interviews are distinctly human moments that build trust and relationships, why organizations need to draw clear lines between what should be automated and what must stay human, and why companies that get this wrong will lose both new talent and existing employees. Then I get into why managing AI agents is turning into a second job, how I've been using Meta's Muse to negotiate…