tante

"The experience of workslop directly erodes social connection, erodes trust in one another and in the end erodes solidarity. Because why would you stand with a person who does not do their job and offloads their work on you?"

(Original title: Dissolving the social)

https://tante.cc/2026/04/01/dissolving-the-social/

Dissolving the social

“AI” exists to disenfranchise labor. That’s what it’s for. Regardless of how good these stochastic systems are or the flaws they have just being able to point at the non-unionized robot whenever the employees ask for raises or anything really is incredibly valuable for business. The existence of “AI” and the supporting narrative mean that […]

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Show threadjohn fink ok!! :goat:4h ago
@tante this is VERY VERY GOOD
Show threadHafensophie4h ago

@tante
I feel this so much.
I’ve always worked in small, hand-picked teams and respect everyone’s skills a lot - everyone’s really good in their respective areas. That trust is the basis of how we work together.

So, the other day one of my colleagues gave me an answer that had me wondering - but, hey, he’s the expert! Turns out it had the client wondering as well and when being asked to clarify the colleague said: oh, I guess I shouldn’t have trusted ChatGPT.
That was like a gut punch for me.

Show threadHafensophie3h ago

@tante the question wasn’t even particularly important, it could’ve happened with a google search result, I guess. But the fact that there are these seemingly easy answers available really takes it to another level.

And it really did something to my trust.

Show threadQuincy ⁂1h ago

@hafensophie @tante

100%

Also it's just so insulting.

When someone says "have you asked the AI", the message I really hear is something along the lines of "I trust this thing more than I trust your expertise" (or capability or willingness to solve this minor problem).

This is so insidious. Even the expectation that someone will almost certainly bring that shit up instead of just working together honestly to solve the problems at hand now sours the mood.