"[A] recent survey of 5,000 white-collar US workers found that 40% of non-managers say AI saves them no time at all at work, while 92% of high-level executives say it makes them more productive."

Good insight into which jobs can be safely automated.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/14/ai-productivity-workplace-errors

#news #technology #TechNews #LLMs #workslop #AI #work #automation

Bosses say AI boosts productivity – workers say they’re drowning in ‘workslop’

Workslop refers to AI-generated work that seems polished but is flawed and in need of heavy corrections

The Guardian
@stefan Execs use AI as interference and as a personal stand-in (what Zucker is hoping for) so they can spend more time at the gym, walking their dog, guest speaking (live), guest speaking (podcasts), traveling, shopping for recumbent bikes, etc. So yes, more productive.

@stefan

The process of fixing LLM slop is literally users training LLMs to produce less slop--and to get better at duplicating the work of the workers they are designed to replace.

Eventually, LLMs will reach a point where slop decreases to the point where the worker *can* be replaced.

THAT is why mgmt is pushing their use so hard. They need you to keep training your replacement.

@kitkat_blue @stefan

Yes I agree that is the goal. But as time goes by and new releases are released with minimal improvement, I am less and less confident that these things can ever be trusted to actually replace a human agent.

They are not thinking machines and that is becoming more clear by the day.

Useful tools for sure, but IMO there is zero chance any big corp will trust an LLM to give direction on anything they may be held accountable for.

#AI #LLM

@sleepy62 @stefan

"... zero chance any big corp will trust an LLM to give direction on anything they may be held accountable for."

They already have done just that:
1) Matthew and Maria Raine scandal
2)Replit AI wiped production database
3)Grok assisting in planning home invasion of Will Stancil

there's many more. BUT! AI is *also* being used as the "fallguy" by these corps, which is the point too--offloading corp responsibility for the heinous things their AI does with a "whoopsie".

@kitkat_blue @stefan

Its true they have been and are in use, and the corps are getting burned as a result. Air Canada tried it and has since backed away since the courts told them they had to honour whatever the stupid chatbot told the customer. Quite hilarious really.

@stefan so high level executives, who cost a ton are the ones who are going to be replaced first right?
@sgued Sounds like a plan to me!
@stefan
IMHO 92% of high-level executives could be replaced with AI themselves. Imagine the cost savings realized from those salaries and bonuses saved.
@stefan If your company isn't dogfooding this revolutionary new tech™ by replacing the CEO with it, it's not serious about AI adoption.

@stefan i would like this to be true — i suspect it is true — but:

> 40% of non-managers say AI saves them no time at all at work

that means 60%, the majority, *don't* say that.

unless 20% of them were "don't know", the majority think it does save them time…

@fishidwardrobe Well, if you look at the actual study:

https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/ceos-say-ai-is-making-work-more-efficient-employees-tell-a-different-story-6613ce9d

The time saved per day is not that much?

Plus, this is all self-reported.

"How much time do you think you are saving"

It's possible a deeper analysis would reveal the same results as another study:

"Many developers say AI coding assistants make them more productive, but a recent study set forth to measure their output and found no significant gains."

https://www.cio.com/article/3540579/devs-gaining-little-if-anything-from-ai-coding-assistants.html