Many employees are using AI to create 'workslop'

"Workslop is the machine-learning equivalent of spam, and the study claims that the amount of work involved in sorting out the wheat from the chaff, or facts from hallucinations, in such content, costs around $186 per employee per month in lost productivity, a few bucks less than a ChatGPT Pro account. Furthermore, once someone receives this kind of content, over half of the respondents reported feeling annoyed, over a third said they were confused, and nearly a quarter said the messages offended them."

"Also, recipients see senders themselves as more untrustworthy. Forty-two percent of survey respondents said that after receiving such data garbage, they trusted the coworker sending it less, and over a third took it as a sign that the sender was less creative and intelligent than they first thought. Many said such material was more trouble than it's worth. Unsurprisingly, the tech industry is one of the biggest generators of workslop, with professional services also highlighted as a key generator."

Forty percent of US workers reported AI-generated garbage, dubbed 'workslop', entering their work lives in the last month. Staffers are circulating AI-generated material that often looks impressive but contains few actionable facts or figures, requiring coworkers to extract reliable information. Sorting facts from hallucinations in such content costs about $186 per employee per month in lost productivity. Over half of recipients felt annoyed, more than a third felt confused, and nearly a quarter felt offended. Forty-two percent said they trusted senders less after receiving such content, and many viewed senders as less creative or intelligent. The tech industry and professional services are major generators of workslop.

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