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Re:Workers are spending over 6 hours a week botsitting AI, f... by Ifkaluva on Thursday June 11, 2026 @10:38AM (#48490991)
> so what may be happening is that bosses see that output is at 80% (productivity down!) but workers see that they can give that 80% output with 40% effort (productivity up!).

So why is it that the bosses are the ones that are so enthusiastic about adoption?

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Re:Workers are spending over 6 hours a week botsitting AI, f... by jofla_net on Thursday June 11, 2026 @11:33AM (#48491759)
Well the obvious is that, monkey-see-monkey-do, and they don't want to miss out. But the insidious externality is that they are the most likely ones (and higher ups) to be invested in nvidia and others, so when they push you to use, it creates a viscous cycle.
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