I like the frame of "workslop".

2025-09-29 · Bits and Bobs 9/29/25

I like the frame of "workslop".
- Performative use of AI at work creates more work for others as an externality.^[g]
  - It's easier to generate workshop than to respond to it.
- If there's a top-down mandate to use AI, then most of the use will slow your organization down.
- Goodhart's Law strikes again.

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