Re:Mystery company accidentally blew $500M on Claude AI in a...
by anigbrowl on Friday May 29, 2026 @05:26PM
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The more recent report says corporate AI adoption has found several issues with AI, with human workers turning to automating dreary and mundane tasks they don't like doing, rather than valuable or meaningful work.
Isn't dreary and mundane stuff exactly the sort of stuff that should be automated, so people can concentrate on the interesting/exciting aspects of their job? Some (not all) kinds of AI boosters seem to have this idea that AI's optimal use is to replace all the high value jobs for cheap, leaving humans with the 'low value' drudgery for which they can be paid less.
Isn't dreary and mundane stuff exactly the sort of stuff that should be automated, so people can concentrate on the interesting/exciting aspects of their job? Some (not all) kinds of AI boosters seem to have this idea that AI's optimal use is to replace all the high value jobs for cheap, leaving humans with the 'low value' drudgery for which they can be paid less.