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How to protect yourself from workslop (www.seangoedecke.com)
submitted 1 week ago by codeinabox@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev
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“Workslop” is when your colleagues or bosses communicate with you by pasting big chunks of AI-generated text. The core problem with workslop is that the effort involved is asymmetrical, like a denial-of-service attack: it takes almost no effort to produce text with AI, but it still costs effort to read.

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[–] Monument@piefed.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Thanks for highlighting this.

I deal mostly with people I’d class as “weak engineers” but there is at least one person at my work who falls into that predator category. This helps me to reframe those interactions and perhaps respond more appropriately.

Editing to add: in case you missed it, another blogger posted this excellent (related) concept a few years ago - Executive Function Theft