KIDO - Out of Stock (Official Music Video) | The AI Took My Job

She taught the AI her job. Then she was out of stock. "Out of Stock" by KIDO: a hand-painted animated music video about GPU prices, AI layoffs, "we're a family" town halls, and the people who build anyway. Meera, a backend engineer, can't afford the graphics card in her cart. Then she's asked to document her job for the AI assistant… and watches a red OUT OF STOCK tag spread from products to perks to people. Until the lights come back on. 🎬 Chapters 0:00 Add to Cart 0:17 We're a Family 0:40 Teaching the Ghost 0:56 Out of Stock 1:28 Quick Sync 1:51 Record Quarter 2:07 The Price of Light 2:38 Inventory 2:58 Restock 3:29 Back in Stock 🎨 Every frame is painted with code (p5.js + p5.brush), word-synced to the song. 💬 Have you been "quick synced"? Tell me in the comments. 🔔 Subscribe to KIDO for more songs about tech, AI and the people inside it. — LYRICS — Eleven forty-seven and my cart is full The price just jumped again, I watch the numbers pull Little red letters glowing on my screen tonight Out of stock, out of reach, out of sight Monday morning, camera off, my manager's name Town hall on the big screen, "we're a family" again Slide one says our people are the heart of what we do Slide two says transformation, twenty twenty-seven, coming through A hundred clapping emojis while the future clears its throat Then a ticket hits my board: "Document the job you wrote" So I can cheat every shortcut, every bug I ever fixed Every two-way intuition, every trick inside the mix It starts to sound like me, it starts to type my name My review says "meets expectations", its dashboard says "insane" Out of stock, out of stock Every price tag on the clock Graphics cards and memory gone Data centers buying dawn Raises, weekends, sold out too Promotions waiting in a queue Everything I want is locked Baby, I'm out of stock Add to cart, add to cart Refresh, refresh, it's gone Fifteen minutes on my calendar, HR says "quick sync" My badge won't beep me through the door, my Slack goes gray in a blink "Thank you for your contributions, this was never personal" The farewell's written in my voice, it's almost beautiful Three years in a cardboard box, a sticky note, a plant They wipe me off the org chart, put a sparkle where I am And the CEO's smiling as the closing bell rings loud Record quarter, record profit, record silence in the crowd "People first," he posts at noon, ten thousand people like The office dims floor by floor while the graph goes up tonight Out of stock, out of stock Walking past the humming block Built it where my office stood Glowing like it's understood Power bill is doubled now City dimming anyhow All the chips I couldn't buy Working my old job tonight Buy now, buy now Sold out, sold out, how? Open to work, a green ring round my face Looks a lot like a price tag in a marketplace Every face on the train, a label on a shelf Discounted, available, are we selling ourselves? Back in stock, back in stock Dusty laptop, still it rocks Old machine and a blinking line Building something that is mine One by one the lights come on Little screens till break of dawn They can own the chips and power We still own the midnight hour Every door they ever locked Baby, we're back in stock Cursor blinking, green light on Out of stock? Not for long — CREDITS — Music & story: KIDO Animation built on ClaudeAnimationBase by JohnHeibel (MIT) All characters and companies in the story (Meera, Corevia, Brad Keller) are fictional. Amazon, Slack, LinkedIn, Jira, NVIDIA, GeForce and RTX are trademarks of their owners, shown here for commentary and parody. This video is not affiliated with or endorsed by them. #OutOfStock #KIDO #aimusicvideo #hiring #nvidia #linkdin #amazon #jobs #layoffs #ai #aivideo