“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.
Nice read.
I also enjoyed reading one of the linked articles: predators
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