AI-generated workslop is destroying productivity - ChatGPT interpretation

On AI-generated workslop is destroying productivity

Last week I had a discussion with a good co-worker on why other colleagues push more and more work to us, to have it verified or reviewed for correctness. This ranges from 7 page white papers that sometimes lack foundation or do not include something new to merge requests that look okay but are overly complicated and do not work out. On HN I found an article that exactly describes this issue. In „AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity“ by Havard Business Review the authors try to find reasons on why 95% of organisations say that they can not report measurable return on their AI investment after AI adoption doubled. They identified one possible reason: ...

October 8, 2025 · 4 min · 694 words · Lars