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workslop

workslop noun: content generated by artificial intelligence that is presented by an employee as useful work but serves no meaningful purpose.

Noun

workslop (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) Content generated by artificial intelligence that is presented by an employee as useful work but serves no meaningful purpose.
    • 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.2025 September 22, Kate Niederhoffer, Gabriella Rosen Kellerman, Angela Lee, Alex Liebscher, Kristina Rapuano, Jeffrey T. Hancock, “AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity”, in Harvard...
    • One study shows 66% of workers who use AI at work have relied upon AI output without even evaluating it. And when workslop can now be found across education, business & government sectors, is the promise of productivity that comes with AI already a mirage?2025 October 20, “What is 'workslop' and what can we do about it?”, in The World Today, spoken by Andy Park, via Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Origin of workslop

From work + -slop.

Questions about workslop

What does workslop mean?
Workslop means content generated by artificial intelligence that is presented by an employee as useful work but serves no meaningful purpose.
What part of speech is workslop?
Workslop is a noun.

Words near workslop in the dictionary

  1. workshops
  2. workshy
  3. workshyness
  4. worksite
  5. worksites
  6. workslop
  7. worksome
  8. worksomeness
  9. worksona
  10. worksonae
  11. worksonas

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