Post B3A2kn4QkfpyStuXWC by beep@follow.ethanmarcotte.com
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 (DIR) Post #B3A2kn4QkfpyStuXWC by beep@follow.ethanmarcotte.com
       2026-02-09T18:00:58Z
       
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       Whatever the output gains promised by LLMs, their initial productivity surge is erased over time, and replaced by heavier workloads—and that leads to workers experiencing “cognitive fatigue, burnout, and weakened decision-making.”All this from research out of the notoriously pro-worker rag [checks notes] Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/2026/02/ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it
       
 (DIR) Post #B3A2kuZsq89jkTgG12 by beep@follow.ethanmarcotte.com
       2026-02-09T18:03:30Z
       
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       I deeply hate to quote myself, but here’s me back in September: “…the technology’s real value isn’t improving productivity, or even in improving products. Rather, [“artificial intelligence” is] a social mechanism employed to ensure compliance in the workplace, and to weaken worker power.” https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/against-stocking-frames/These platforms are not for you and I, and never were.
       
 (DIR) Post #B3A2l2Ka0ufTnKa9Gy by beep@follow.ethanmarcotte.com
       2026-02-09T18:20:18Z
       
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       i think that i shall cause problems* on purpose*** post this on linkedin** on purpose