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Shopify CEO says employees' 'slop grenades' are making more work for everyone else
fortune.com/2026/09/17/shopify-tobias-lutke-ai-slop-grenades/
You shouldn’t expect AI to generate a finished work product yet. If you’re forcing employees to use it, teach them to used it as a starting point and then put their own personal touch on it.
If you’re making a deck, have AI generate the bones, you add the details, then polish it up with AI if you want it to look fancy. If you expect it to turn a bunch of docs into a presentation only using prompts, you’re going to have a bad time.
Replying to @Sirdubdee@piefed.social
Or, or - now hear me out - ban the use of AI to do a job that requires a human thought process.
Dude you’re getting paid to not have to use your brain. I finish my work in an hour and spend the rest of the day doing a bunch of corporate culture BS that gives you visibility to the bosses that actually decide your pay. Put effort where you get the most return. Hang out with your friends in the cafeteria and talk about WoW. Tell your boss you are in a mentor circle and slap that on your quarterly review.
Replying to @Sirdubdee@piefed.social
Now I think I’m the problem. Great.
Replying to @Sirdubdee@piefed.social
Other than chatting with friends, that sounds like a nightmare. I’d rather be just doing the job that I enjoy and doing it well.