Turns out AI can cause more problems than it solves. Cleaning up AI slop is one issue. 36% of AI execs at companies with $1B+ in annual rev reported an AI incident that led to data loss, financial damage, brand damage or operational disruptions. Major companies are now limiting employee AI usage. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/13/ai-companies-rushed-workers-fallout
Oct 16, 2026, 1:35 AM@amydiehl I can smell the consulting fees from here
Oct 16, 2026, 2:10 AM$1 billion in a crypto supported evaluation is AI collapsing in AI
US always good for a laff...
@amydiehl
"AI... led to ..., brain damage, ..."
No lies detected!
@amydiehl Are you kidding me? This magical pixie dust was supposed to have cured cancer by now. It can't be that it was smoke, mirrors, and various forms of shit!
This post is sarcasm.
@amydiehl The lack of awareness is astounding: " "Microsoft found that adding agents to a broken process still leaves a broken process” and “speeding up one step just creates a longer queue at the next.” "
Like who would've thought that would happen when people abdicate responsibility for thinking?
@jesterchen thanks 😆
@amydiehl I think there'll be a lot more of this nonsense before companies realise AI shouldn't be used to replace thinking. At best, it should be a supplement, not substitute.
And this is also why organisations should consult a service designer or business analyst before automating everything. You know - the people they sacked because they thought AI could replace them.
@Cyberoutsider @amydiehl 😁 Better move fast and break things then. Progress before perfection!
Oct 16, 2026, 5:13 AM
@amydiehl [Nelson Munz meme]
Sounds like an AI business opportunity. CleanSlop, the AI AI slop cleaner. The Silicon Valley Hwy 101 billboard writes itself. All we need is $100M, and we can IPO at $10B easy. It doesn't have to work. Hell, none of this stuff works. That's the whole point of CleanSlop! There is so much slop out there that needs cleaning. What VC could resist. Everyone will want some of the CleanSlop action.
I see someone else suffers on the 101…
Mich wundert das nicht.
Der Umgang mit einer neue Technologie muss erst erlernt werden. Es gibt keine Lehrer. Alles wird zu Try&Error - vorausschauendes Handeln im ethischen Sinne, würde ich von Profitgeiern ohnehin nicht erwarten.
I know people in the industry, who have been 'forced' to use it as part of their job.
One company suddenly found itself paying hundreds of thousands extra on 'tokens' because they forced their staff to use it, got rid of some of the 'experience' and have had to restrict use/access to stop them going under. They even tried to re-hire a couple of people they let go... and had to pay them more money as 'consultants' to fix the rot they caused.
It was always a pyramid scheme... and it was always destined to collapse under it's own bullshit... it's going to happen... sooner the better.
Oct 16, 2026, 10:02 AM@amydiehl Fuck around and find out. But the workers get to take the hit...
@amydiehl Good! I hope it gets worse for every company who replacing humans with Ai Slop.
My little company asked our website vendor to do a simple update to two pages and a simple refresh. She has yet to admit that she used AI to completely wreck our site AND instead of giving us a beta as is customary to approve before going live... the AI just wrecked our live site. It's a disaster and God knows how much of her time it will take her to fix it. And if she can't fix it she's fired and we'll have to pay someone new to do it. #AI