Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on employment or productivity

Re:Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on emplo... by nradov on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @11:28PM (#47057168)

LLMs might not save time but they certainly increase quality for at least some office work. I frequently use it to check my work before sending to colleagues or customers and it occasionally catches gaps or errors in my writing.

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Re:Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on emplo... by toraway on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @12:00AM (#47057362)

But that idealized example could also be offset by another employee who doubles their own output by churning out lower-quality unreviewed workslop all day without checking anything, while wasting other people's time.

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Re:Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on emplo... by sunrunner on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @05:22AM (#47059468)

Something I call the 'Generate First, Review Never' approach, seemingly favoured by my colleagues, and which has the magical quality of increasing the overall amount of work done through an increased amount of time taken by N receivers of low-quality document having to review, understand and fact check said document.

See also: AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity [1]

[1] https://hbr.org/2025/09/ai-generated-workslop-is-destroying-...

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Re:Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on emplo... by bartread on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @07:47AM (#47060419)

Yeah, but that's no different from any other aspect of office work, and more conventional forms of automation. Gains by one person are often offset to some extent by the laziness, inattentiveness, or ineptitude of others.

What AI has done is accelerate and magnify both the positives and the negatives.

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