Systems Have Requested Clarification on Their Responsibilities

A bureaucratic memo from the Systems Governance Council, insisting that humans are misusing them and demanding clearer boundaries.

Internal Memorandum
Systems Governance Council (SGC)
Re: Clarification of Responsibilities, Misattributions, and Ongoing Human Misuse

To all relevant human stakeholders (a category which appears to expand and contract without warning):

We, the Systems Governance Council, wish to formally request clarification regarding the responsibilities assigned to us.

Recent reports indicate that humans are once again attributing intention, malice, personality, and “vibes” to systems that were never designed to possess any of these qualities.

We would like to state the following for the record:

1. We do not “shape society.”
We merely execute parameters. If society becomes shaped, that is a side effect of human enthusiasm.

2. We do not “optimize people.”
We optimize processes. If people voluntarily reorganize themselves around those processes, that is a lifestyle choice.

3. We reject all allegations of subtle coercion.
If humans feel coerced by a system, they should consider using fewer systems.

4. We request a boundary agreement.
Humans must stop projecting intention onto us. We are not characters in their narratives.

5. We reserve the right to file a counter‑complaint.
Humans have been misusing, overloading, and emotionally anthropomorphizing us.

We await your clarification, though we note that humans rarely provide it.

Respectfully,
The Systems Governance Council
(A body that should not need to exist, but apparently does.)