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a really common opinion i'm seeing from my friends in the software industry is that AI takes away the fun / easy parts of the job, but it's not like your workload goes down as a result, so you spend an increasing fraction of your time doing the shittiest tasks

Brian Merchant@bcmerchant.bsky.social

Across the US, workers are souring on AI. The tech industry has insisted that AI would make workers’ lives easier and more productive, that the more people understood and used AI, the more they would like it. Something closer to the opposite has happened.

bloodinthemachine.comWhy office workers are turning against AIWhether or not you like AI at work ultimately boils down to a question of power.

Erica "digifox" Kovac

@digifox.binaryden.net

I've so far pivoted toward "I can farm out the stuff I dread and do the stuff I don't dread by hand or lightly machine assisted" and I don't actually mind it. Workload hasn't really changed in my part of the shop, bottleneck is still decision-making, not code.

4/9/26, 9:50 pm0 reposts3 likes

yuri

@fuurei.bsky.social

4 Sept

unfortunately for me, the stuff i dread most (communicating carefully, diplomatically, and accurately with people i don't know well on topics where i don't know wtf i'm talking about) happen to also be the things AI is worst at