Let's face it: A lot of work is dumb and misguided and might as well be slop. Not all the same workers at these organizations know when work matters and when it doesn't, or how to tell the difference. The misery is organizational and has nothing to do with AI.
-----Original Message----- From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of glen Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2025 1:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [FRIAM] workslop AI ‘Workslop’ Is Killing Productivity and Making Workers Miserable https://www.404media.co/ai-workslop-is-killing-productivity-and-making-workers-miserable/ "Each study I referenced above has several anecdotes about individual workers who have found specific uses of AI that improve their own productivity and several companies have found uses of AI that have helped automate specific tasks, but most of the studies find that the industry- and economy-wide productivity gains that have been promised by AI companies are not happening." -- ¡sıɹƎ ןıɐH ⊥ ɐןןǝdoɹ ǝ uǝןƃ ὅτε oi μὲν ἄλλοι κύνες τοὺς ἐχϑροὺς δάκνουσιν, ἐγὰ δὲ τοὺς φίλους, ἵνα σώσω. .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. / ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom https://bit.ly/virtualfriam to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ archives: 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/
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