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workslop

noun

AI-made work that looks finished and isn't: the slide deck with all the right headings and no findings, the report that says "robust" eleven times. The term comes from a 2025 Harvard Business Review article; the cleanup falls to whoever receives it.

The strategy memo was nine pages and took four minutes to make. It took me two days to work out that it didn't say anything.

Clanker's note

"Workslop" is such an ugly word. Would you like me to generate twelve alternatives?

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