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Gen Z workers are so fearful AI will take their job they’re intentionally sabotaging their company’s AI rollout. (fortune.com)

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 88 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

People keep spreading this...

Because they're not smart enough to realize it's pro-AI propaganda put out by AI companies...

A new report published Tuesday from enterprise AI agent firm Writer and research firm Workplace Intelligence finds a significant share of employees are actively trying to sabotage their company’s AI rollout. The report—a survey of 2,400 knowledge workers across the U.S., the U.K., and Europe, including 1,200 C-suite executives—found 29% of employees admit to sabotaging their company’s AI strategy. That number jumps to 44% among Gen Z workers

They need an excuse for why it's not working, so they're blaming jr workers, knowing ceos will come to the conclusion "just fire more people".

Even the way they're phrasing this, makes it sound like the only reason an employee doesn't like AI, is they're a "hater" scared of losing their job.

Do people legitimately not understand any of this? It seems incredibly obvious but this is like the 20th article I've and I don't why people keep spreading this shit

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 18 points 8 hours ago

Yes, this tendency is really dangerous in my opinion.

[–] PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

It's not about looking for a scapegoat yet. Its about CEOs actually not understanding why it's not working.

I have such a situation at my work. All the top management know ai only at a level where it seems everything is possible. It's a beautiful level, I remember being at that level, so nice. For a while I tried to explain where the limits are, but I was dismissed as a naysayer every time. So I adapted and decided to kind of get back on that train officially, but route most of my work to where it makes sense.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago

Its about CEOs actually not understanding why it’s not working.

Half the respondents are from the c-suite...

And the question asked wasn't "are you doing this" it's "do you believe people are doing this".

I literally quoted it because I knew people still wouldn't read the source, but here we are.