RE: https://cosocial.ca/@mhoye/116487982770607925
The thing about AI for code generation is that I don't think it is universally bad.
But this thread describes a deep pathology that *is* very bad. Companies are paying fewer people to be busier but not to do anything of value. (Also worth reading the post that set this off.)
88% of Neuro divergents love #Ai because it automates the #busywork , the rule following work.
While normies are threatened by Ai, #ADHD folks thrive.
AI is now your superpower.
Executive function is for normies 😉
"Busy is the New Stupid" is an interactive dashboard applying the MITRE ATT&CK framework to productivity. It treats cognitive drains like meeting overload as threats across phases like Initial Access and Impact, offering tactical defense strategies to combat busyness and restore strategic focus.
The new guild receptionist gazed in confusion at the demon sitting in the guild master's office, and the master chuckled. 'Meet my counterpart of the demon guild, Rafta The Not So Nice.'
'Demon guild?'
'The secret shared between our two guilds. To keep both human and demon adventurers from causing trouble when they're bored, we issue quests involving opposite parties to keep them busy.'
The receptionist remembered last month's ruined inn. 'Yes, I understand.'
I hope they have a category for things we can label #BusyWork. That is not work at all, but just stuff we do in between getting things done. Or things we get allocated to do that does not actually advance anything, we still get the story points, but don't have to actually do the busy work. If we close out the actual work.
Watching something stupid on Amazon, and the number of "use AI to eliminate busywork" ads are disturbing.
Doesn't it ever occur to any of these people that maybe the solution isn't "outsource the busywork" but "reevaluate whether the busywork is actually needed and lighten the load on your employees by eliminating unnecessary paperwork"?
Day 4246 of one man's mission to rid his workplace of the practice of pasting a picture of a signature into a Word document in order to approve it.
For one of the rare internal forms where we have set up electronic verification, I was asked today to "add my signature” to it. 🤦🏻♂️
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