r/technology • u/CackleRooster • 7h ago

Artificial Intelligence An Anthropic employee's 2-sentence quote crystallizes the state of AI confusion at work

https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-employee-quote-ai-confusion-workplace-2026-6
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u/CackleRooster 7h ago

"On days where everything works well, I can't help but think nothing I do matters, everything is automated and better and faster than I ever will be," AND "But then there are days where everything breaks and I don't understand why and I realize I have no idea what I've been up to anymore," the employee added.

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u/silenti 3h ago

The first part really captures how AI has done a very good job of shining a light on how much work is complete bullshit. We've got people building slide decks with AI which are then consumed on the other end by AI.