A recent study published in Harvard Business Review suggests the amount of poor-quality, AI-generated documents, reports and other work, or “workslop,” is rising. Kate Niederhoffer, vice president of BetterUp Labs and co-author of the study, says workslop is undermining interpersonal work relationships and creating more costs.
AI slop is pointless content shared online like fake images and videos. And a new study in the Harvard Business Review wants us to consider a variant: “workslop,” or AI generated reports, emails and more that are sloppily put together.
The authors of the study say 40% of workers they surveyed have encountered workslop. And that's costing time and money.
Marketplace’s Nova Safo spoke with social psychologist Kate Niederhoffer who co-authored the study. She’s also vice president of BetterUp Labs, a consultancy involved in the study. She says that workslop harms interpersonal work relationships, such as when one employee receives an AI written report from another.
AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity - from Harvard Business Review
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