AI workslop is taking over the American workplace

Companies everywhere have touted the benefits of AI and how it will revolutionize the workplace. But new research suggests that the incorporation of AI may be reducing productivity as workers create “workslop.” This low-effort AI-generated content is making other people’s jobs more difficult and builds resentment among co-workers.

What is workslop?

AI “workslop” is the “new busywork,” said research by Stanford Social Media Lab and BetterUp Labs. Workslop is defined as “AI-generated work content that masquerades as good work but lacks the substance to meaningfully advance a given task,” said the researchers in a piece for Harvard Business Review . Essentially, “employees are using AI tools to create low-effort, passable-looking work that ends up creating more work for their co-wor