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Good News! AI Can Do More BS Work

Good News! AI Can Do More BS Work

A truly intelligent AI would refuse to do such transparently stupid, needless counter-productive BS Work.

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Jun 16, 2025
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So here's the good news about AI: it can now do more BS work, author David Graeber's term for the meaningless churning of bureaucratic "work" that lost its purpose and functionality long ago but is now considered "essential" to the operation of a system in which complexity and self-interest are the masters rather than tools to radically improve efficien…

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