As offices scramble to plug AI tools into their workflows so they’re not left behind, few are seeing their efforts pay off, writes Bruce Gil.
Source: GIZMODO, September 23, 2025. Link.
The insidious effect of workslop is that it shifts the burden of the work downstream, requiring the receiver to interpret, correct, or redo the work. In other words, it transfers the effort from creator to receiver.” – MIT Media Lab study author
INSIGHTS: We certainly experience some of this as content curators, but it is sometimes difficult to determine if the cause was AI, lack of editing or the consequences of rushing content to publish on myriad platforms. Regardless, AI is here. The challenge, as Gil outlines, is to manage its implementation.