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“Software giant #Atlassian has announced it is #LayingOff about 10% of its #workforce, or roughly 1,600 positions, and replacing its chief technology officer as it restructures to invest further in #ArtificialIntelligence.
More than 900 affected positions were involved in #SoftwareResearch and development, a spokesperson said. Most of Atlassian’s #employees work in #SoftwareEngineering and #design, accounting for over 50% of its 13,813 full-time workforce in June 2025.
About 640 affected employees are in #NorthAmerica, 480 in #Australia and 250 in #india with the remainder spread across #Japan, the #Philippines, #Europe, the #MiddleEast and #Africa, according to the spokesperson.”
A reminder this company was created in #java by a bunch of “Blub programmers” 🤪😣🤣
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #Entrepreneurs / #Straya / #AI / #SaaS / #software <https://theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/12/atlassian-layoffs-software-technology-ai-push-mike-cannon-brookes-asx>
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“Software giant #Atlassian has announced it is #LayingOff about 10% of its #workforce, or roughly 1,600 positions, and replacing its chief technology officer as it restructures to invest further in #ArtificialIntelligence.
More than 900 affected positions were involved in #SoftwareResearch and development, a spokesperson said. Most of Atlassian’s #employees work in #SoftwareEngineering and #design, accounting for over 50% of its 13,813 full-time workforce in June 2025.
About 640 affected employees are in #NorthAmerica, 480 in #Australia and 250 in #india with the remainder spread across #Japan, the #Philippines, #Europe, the #MiddleEast and #Africa, according to the spokesperson.”
A reminder this company was created in #java by a bunch of “Blub programmers” 🤪😣🤣
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #Entrepreneurs / #Straya / #AI / #SaaS / #software <https://theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/12/atlassian-layoffs-software-technology-ai-push-mike-cannon-brookes-asx>
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“Software giant #Atlassian has announced it is #LayingOff about 10% of its #workforce, or roughly 1,600 positions, and replacing its chief technology officer as it restructures to invest further in #ArtificialIntelligence.
More than 900 affected positions were involved in #SoftwareResearch and development, a spokesperson said. Most of Atlassian’s #employees work in #SoftwareEngineering and #design, accounting for over 50% of its 13,813 full-time workforce in June 2025.
About 640 affected employees are in #NorthAmerica, 480 in #Australia and 250 in #india with the remainder spread across #Japan, the #Philippines, #Europe, the #MiddleEast and #Africa, according to the spokesperson.”
A reminder this company was created in #java by a bunch of “Blub programmers” 🤪😣🤣
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #Entrepreneurs / #Straya / #AI / #SaaS / #software <https://theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/12/atlassian-layoffs-software-technology-ai-push-mike-cannon-brookes-asx>
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“Software giant #Atlassian has announced it is #LayingOff about 10% of its #workforce, or roughly 1,600 positions, and replacing its chief technology officer as it restructures to invest further in #ArtificialIntelligence.
More than 900 affected positions were involved in #SoftwareResearch and development, a spokesperson said. Most of Atlassian’s #employees work in #SoftwareEngineering and #design, accounting for over 50% of its 13,813 full-time workforce in June 2025.
About 640 affected employees are in #NorthAmerica, 480 in #Australia and 250 in #india with the remainder spread across #Japan, the #Philippines, #Europe, the #MiddleEast and #Africa, according to the spokesperson.”
A reminder this company was created in #java by a bunch of “Blub programmers” 🤪😣🤣
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #Entrepreneurs / #Straya / #AI / #SaaS / #software <https://theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/12/atlassian-layoffs-software-technology-ai-push-mike-cannon-brookes-asx>
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“few other human activities offer such unambiguous feedback. There are no objective tests for whether financial analysis or advertising copy is “good.” Undeterred, AI companies set out to make such tests, collectively paying billions of dollars to professionals of all types to write exacting and comprehensive criteria for a job well done.”
“… of the more than 30 workers I spoke with occupied a position along a vast and growing data-supply chain. There are people crafting #checklists that define a good #ChatbotResponse, typically called “#rubrics,” and other people grading those rubrics. Others #grade chatbot answers according to those rubrics, and still others take the rubrics and write out what’s often described as a “#GoldenOutput,” or the ideal chatbot answer.”
“Others are asked to explain every step they took to arrive at this golden output in the voice of a #chatbot thinking to itself, producing what’s called a “#ReasoningTrace” for #AI to follow later when it encounters a similar task out in the real world. Sometimes the labs want only rubrics for prompts their AI can’t already do, which means companies like #Mercor ask workers to produce “#stumpers,” or requests that will make the #AIModel fail.”
It’s not that AI will totally replace the expertise of #WhiteCollar PhD, Legal and other specialist professions. What will happen is that hard earned expertise will be priced lower. How low? As low as AI technology can make it, think Communist era pay.
#ZeroHourWork / #work / #economics / #SupplyDemand <http://theverge.com/cs/features/877388/white-collar-workers-training-ai-mercor> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/kAiZL>
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“few other human activities offer such unambiguous feedback. There are no objective tests for whether financial analysis or advertising copy is “good.” Undeterred, AI companies set out to make such tests, collectively paying billions of dollars to professionals of all types to write exacting and comprehensive criteria for a job well done.”
“… of the more than 30 workers I spoke with occupied a position along a vast and growing data-supply chain. There are people crafting #checklists that define a good #ChatbotResponse, typically called “#rubrics,” and other people grading those rubrics. Others #grade chatbot answers according to those rubrics, and still others take the rubrics and write out what’s often described as a “#GoldenOutput,” or the ideal chatbot answer.”
“Others are asked to explain every step they took to arrive at this golden output in the voice of a #chatbot thinking to itself, producing what’s called a “#ReasoningTrace” for #AI to follow later when it encounters a similar task out in the real world. Sometimes the labs want only rubrics for prompts their AI can’t already do, which means companies like #Mercor ask workers to produce “#stumpers,” or requests that will make the #AIModel fail.”
It’s not that AI will totally replace the expertise of #WhiteCollar PhD, Legal and other specialist professions. What will happen is that hard earned expertise will be priced lower. How low? As low as AI technology can make it, think Communist era pay.
#ZeroHourWork / #work / #economics / #SupplyDemand <http://theverge.com/cs/features/877388/white-collar-workers-training-ai-mercor> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/kAiZL>
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“few other human activities offer such unambiguous feedback. There are no objective tests for whether financial analysis or advertising copy is “good.” Undeterred, AI companies set out to make such tests, collectively paying billions of dollars to professionals of all types to write exacting and comprehensive criteria for a job well done.”
“… of the more than 30 workers I spoke with occupied a position along a vast and growing data-supply chain. There are people crafting #checklists that define a good #ChatbotResponse, typically called “#rubrics,” and other people grading those rubrics. Others #grade chatbot answers according to those rubrics, and still others take the rubrics and write out what’s often described as a “#GoldenOutput,” or the ideal chatbot answer.”
“Others are asked to explain every step they took to arrive at this golden output in the voice of a #chatbot thinking to itself, producing what’s called a “#ReasoningTrace” for #AI to follow later when it encounters a similar task out in the real world. Sometimes the labs want only rubrics for prompts their AI can’t already do, which means companies like #Mercor ask workers to produce “#stumpers,” or requests that will make the #AIModel fail.”
It’s not that AI will totally replace the expertise of #WhiteCollar PhD, Legal and other specialist professions. What will happen is that hard earned expertise will be priced lower. How low? As low as AI technology can make it, think Communist era pay.
#ZeroHourWork / #work / #economics / #SupplyDemand <http://theverge.com/cs/features/877388/white-collar-workers-training-ai-mercor> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/kAiZL>
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“few other human activities offer such unambiguous feedback. There are no objective tests for whether financial analysis or advertising copy is “good.” Undeterred, AI companies set out to make such tests, collectively paying billions of dollars to professionals of all types to write exacting and comprehensive criteria for a job well done.”
“… of the more than 30 workers I spoke with occupied a position along a vast and growing data-supply chain. There are people crafting #checklists that define a good #ChatbotResponse, typically called “#rubrics,” and other people grading those rubrics. Others #grade chatbot answers according to those rubrics, and still others take the rubrics and write out what’s often described as a “#GoldenOutput,” or the ideal chatbot answer.”
“Others are asked to explain every step they took to arrive at this golden output in the voice of a #chatbot thinking to itself, producing what’s called a “#ReasoningTrace” for #AI to follow later when it encounters a similar task out in the real world. Sometimes the labs want only rubrics for prompts their AI can’t already do, which means companies like #Mercor ask workers to produce “#stumpers,” or requests that will make the #AIModel fail.”
It’s not that AI will totally replace the expertise of #WhiteCollar PhD, Legal and other specialist professions. What will happen is that hard earned expertise will be priced lower. How low? As low as AI technology can make it, think Communist era pay.
#ZeroHourWork / #work / #economics / #SupplyDemand <http://theverge.com/cs/features/877388/white-collar-workers-training-ai-mercor> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/kAiZL>
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“#Amazon has told managers to incorporate projected #AIEfficiencies into headcount planning for the year, according to two people familiar with the matter.
This has led to pushback, including an open letter signed anonymously by current and former #staff members, which argued the company was investing in a #future where it would be easier to discard #employees.
“Here’s what we’re actually experiencing: higher expected output and shorter timelines, mandates to build #AITools for wasteful use cases, and massive investment in #AI with little investment in career advancement,” the letter, published last November, said.
“As soon as AI got introduced, #deadlines started shortening, and people were expected to do more as quickly,” said one signatory who was made #redundant last year. “It was heavily implied we would be graded on use.”
Multiple current #AWS #software #developers said they were being asked to take on new #roles with the assistance of AI tools. They noted technical writing teams had been laid off, with engineers now required to complete these tasks. AI use had also been formally written into some workers’ promotion criteria, the developers said.”
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork <https://archive.md/c5NGK> / <https://ft.com/content/433f41f2-bf6d-4bdf-a561-50ab516bc62d>
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“#Amazon has told managers to incorporate projected #AIEfficiencies into headcount planning for the year, according to two people familiar with the matter.
This has led to pushback, including an open letter signed anonymously by current and former #staff members, which argued the company was investing in a #future where it would be easier to discard #employees.
“Here’s what we’re actually experiencing: higher expected output and shorter timelines, mandates to build #AITools for wasteful use cases, and massive investment in #AI with little investment in career advancement,” the letter, published last November, said.
“As soon as AI got introduced, #deadlines started shortening, and people were expected to do more as quickly,” said one signatory who was made #redundant last year. “It was heavily implied we would be graded on use.”
Multiple current #AWS #software #developers said they were being asked to take on new #roles with the assistance of AI tools. They noted technical writing teams had been laid off, with engineers now required to complete these tasks. AI use had also been formally written into some workers’ promotion criteria, the developers said.”
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork <https://archive.md/c5NGK> / <https://ft.com/content/433f41f2-bf6d-4bdf-a561-50ab516bc62d>
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“#Amazon has told managers to incorporate projected #AIEfficiencies into headcount planning for the year, according to two people familiar with the matter.
This has led to pushback, including an open letter signed anonymously by current and former #staff members, which argued the company was investing in a #future where it would be easier to discard #employees.
“Here’s what we’re actually experiencing: higher expected output and shorter timelines, mandates to build #AITools for wasteful use cases, and massive investment in #AI with little investment in career advancement,” the letter, published last November, said.
“As soon as AI got introduced, #deadlines started shortening, and people were expected to do more as quickly,” said one signatory who was made #redundant last year. “It was heavily implied we would be graded on use.”
Multiple current #AWS #software #developers said they were being asked to take on new #roles with the assistance of AI tools. They noted technical writing teams had been laid off, with engineers now required to complete these tasks. AI use had also been formally written into some workers’ promotion criteria, the developers said.”
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork <https://archive.md/c5NGK> / <https://ft.com/content/433f41f2-bf6d-4bdf-a561-50ab516bc62d>
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“#Amazon has told managers to incorporate projected #AIEfficiencies into headcount planning for the year, according to two people familiar with the matter.
This has led to pushback, including an open letter signed anonymously by current and former #staff members, which argued the company was investing in a #future where it would be easier to discard #employees.
“Here’s what we’re actually experiencing: higher expected output and shorter timelines, mandates to build #AITools for wasteful use cases, and massive investment in #AI with little investment in career advancement,” the letter, published last November, said.
“As soon as AI got introduced, #deadlines started shortening, and people were expected to do more as quickly,” said one signatory who was made #redundant last year. “It was heavily implied we would be graded on use.”
Multiple current #AWS #software #developers said they were being asked to take on new #roles with the assistance of AI tools. They noted technical writing teams had been laid off, with engineers now required to complete these tasks. AI use had also been formally written into some workers’ promotion criteria, the developers said.”
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork <https://archive.md/c5NGK> / <https://ft.com/content/433f41f2-bf6d-4bdf-a561-50ab516bc62d>
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“Australia has suffered its first major round of AI #JobCuts as the country’s largest locally #listed #software company axed almost one-third of its #workforce to manage deep fears in financial markets that new #CodingTools will make big technology firms vulnerable to disruption.”
“#WiseTech Global will cut about 2000 staff – nearly one-third of its workforce of 7000 – over the next two years as chief executive #ZubinAppoo bets the logistics software giant’s future on #ArtificialIntelligence.” … “‘We’re not halving the capacity,’ Appoo said. “We’re halving the #HumanCapacity, but we’re significantly increasing the overall capacity through agentic AI.
“The era of manually writing code as the core act of engineering is over,” Appoo declared, calling AI “the most significant shift in decades” for software development.”
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #SofwareEngineers / #Straya <https://www.smh.com.au/technology/ai-to-blame-as-wisetech-cuts-2000-jobs-20260225-p5o5a2.html> / <https://archive.md/9UVCF>
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“Australia has suffered its first major round of AI #JobCuts as the country’s largest locally #listed #software company axed almost one-third of its #workforce to manage deep fears in financial markets that new #CodingTools will make big technology firms vulnerable to disruption.”
“#WiseTech Global will cut about 2000 staff – nearly one-third of its workforce of 7000 – over the next two years as chief executive #ZubinAppoo bets the logistics software giant’s future on #ArtificialIntelligence.” … “‘We’re not halving the capacity,’ Appoo said. “We’re halving the #HumanCapacity, but we’re significantly increasing the overall capacity through agentic AI.
“The era of manually writing code as the core act of engineering is over,” Appoo declared, calling AI “the most significant shift in decades” for software development.”
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #SofwareEngineers / #Straya <https://www.smh.com.au/technology/ai-to-blame-as-wisetech-cuts-2000-jobs-20260225-p5o5a2.html> / <https://archive.md/9UVCF>
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“Australia has suffered its first major round of AI #JobCuts as the country’s largest locally #listed #software company axed almost one-third of its #workforce to manage deep fears in financial markets that new #CodingTools will make big technology firms vulnerable to disruption.”
“#WiseTech Global will cut about 2000 staff – nearly one-third of its workforce of 7000 – over the next two years as chief executive #ZubinAppoo bets the logistics software giant’s future on #ArtificialIntelligence.” … “‘We’re not halving the capacity,’ Appoo said. “We’re halving the #HumanCapacity, but we’re significantly increasing the overall capacity through agentic AI.
“The era of manually writing code as the core act of engineering is over,” Appoo declared, calling AI “the most significant shift in decades” for software development.”
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #SofwareEngineers / #Straya <https://www.smh.com.au/technology/ai-to-blame-as-wisetech-cuts-2000-jobs-20260225-p5o5a2.html> / <https://archive.md/9UVCF>
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“Australia has suffered its first major round of AI #JobCuts as the country’s largest locally #listed #software company axed almost one-third of its #workforce to manage deep fears in financial markets that new #CodingTools will make big technology firms vulnerable to disruption.”
“#WiseTech Global will cut about 2000 staff – nearly one-third of its workforce of 7000 – over the next two years as chief executive #ZubinAppoo bets the logistics software giant’s future on #ArtificialIntelligence.” … “‘We’re not halving the capacity,’ Appoo said. “We’re halving the #HumanCapacity, but we’re significantly increasing the overall capacity through agentic AI.
“The era of manually writing code as the core act of engineering is over,” Appoo declared, calling AI “the most significant shift in decades” for software development.”
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #SofwareEngineers / #Straya <https://www.smh.com.au/technology/ai-to-blame-as-wisetech-cuts-2000-jobs-20260225-p5o5a2.html> / <https://archive.md/9UVCF>
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“Over a single weekend, entirely from scratch and heavily “#VibeCoded”, I created by some distance the best #WordProcessor I have ever used. I’ve named it #vibedit. I’m writing in it right now. If there is an actually #productive task for #GenerativeAI, it is as a creator of #bespoke #tools like this. …
… far from removing me from my #work, this #AI experience forced me to think carefully about how I work, and how to craft a fitting tool. I was also confronted as any #craftsperson should be by the minutiae of my #tools”
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #JohnMcPhee / #KEdit <https://archive.md/trxGO> / <https://ft.com/content/071b2770-5106-4530-a290-2a5eba06c8b2>
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“Over a single weekend, entirely from scratch and heavily “#VibeCoded”, I created by some distance the best #WordProcessor I have ever used. I’ve named it #vibedit. I’m writing in it right now. If there is an actually #productive task for #GenerativeAI, it is as a creator of #bespoke #tools like this. …
… far from removing me from my #work, this #AI experience forced me to think carefully about how I work, and how to craft a fitting tool. I was also confronted as any #craftsperson should be by the minutiae of my #tools”
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #JohnMcPhee / #KEdit <https://archive.md/trxGO> / <https://ft.com/content/071b2770-5106-4530-a290-2a5eba06c8b2>
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“Over a single weekend, entirely from scratch and heavily “#VibeCoded”, I created by some distance the best #WordProcessor I have ever used. I’ve named it #vibedit. I’m writing in it right now. If there is an actually #productive task for #GenerativeAI, it is as a creator of #bespoke #tools like this. …
… far from removing me from my #work, this #AI experience forced me to think carefully about how I work, and how to craft a fitting tool. I was also confronted as any #craftsperson should be by the minutiae of my #tools”
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #JohnMcPhee / #KEdit <https://archive.md/trxGO> / <https://ft.com/content/071b2770-5106-4530-a290-2a5eba06c8b2>
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“Over a single weekend, entirely from scratch and heavily “#VibeCoded”, I created by some distance the best #WordProcessor I have ever used. I’ve named it #vibedit. I’m writing in it right now. If there is an actually #productive task for #GenerativeAI, it is as a creator of #bespoke #tools like this. …
… far from removing me from my #work, this #AI experience forced me to think carefully about how I work, and how to craft a fitting tool. I was also confronted as any #craftsperson should be by the minutiae of my #tools”
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #JohnMcPhee / #KEdit <https://archive.md/trxGO> / <https://ft.com/content/071b2770-5106-4530-a290-2a5eba06c8b2>
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“AI has convinced #ComputerScience students to shift majors and white-collar #workers to change careers, while some are embracing it.”
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“ While AI is still just one factor among many that are leading to #layoffs, ADP, the largest payroll company in the US, found that professional and business services roles, alongside information services jobs in media, telecom and #IT, collectively lost 41,000 jobs in December 2025. In that same month, employment grew in healthcare, education and hospitality, per the firm’s data.”
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“Many of those white-collar roles involve writing, #DataAnalysis and #coding – tasks #generative #AITools can increasingly perform. Hands-on, people-facing #work remains less exposed.”
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #ArtificialIntelligence <https://theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/feb/20/ai-future-work-technology-white-collar>
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“US stocks fell sharply on Thursday as a sell-off in the #technology sector reignited, extending a volatile run for equity markets buffeted by concerns that #AI could disrupt entire industries.”
…“US markets have been volatile in recent weeks as #investors worry the release of ever more sophisticated #AITools threatens to upend industries such as #software and #WealthManagement and potentially lead to large-scale #LayOffs.
At the same time, investors have become nervous about the massive #investment in #AI by “#hyperscalers” and when they are likely to deliver a return.”
At first slowly, then all at once.
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #LLM <https://archive.md/29chh> / <https://www.ft.com/content/513ddbc1-0b68-4200-bb2e-ce920fa601aa>
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“The head of the International Monetary Fund (#IMF) recently predicted that 60% of #jobs in advanced #economies will be #eliminated or transformed by artificial intelligence, “like a tsunami hitting the #LabourMarket”.
In #SanFrancisco, you can already see the early signs, as Uber #drivers compete with #SelfDriving Waymos, and #baristas are replaced by #RoboticCoffee bars.
Professional business services that support the #tech industry have also been negatively affected by the #layoffs. The *pressure to grind* in the tech world could be an early signal – a harbinger for what many other industries will feel soon.”
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #AI / #startups <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/feb/17/ai-startups-work-culture-san-francisco>
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“While some #companies are still experimenting, a growing number are finding that routine #AnalyticalWork — from #forecasting to financial #modelling — as well as #research and drafting #content, can now be done almost instantly by #SoftwareAgents.
Many have already introduced specific #tools that have transformed the #work of #professionals in their industry — Harvey in #legal services, Writer for #corporate communications, Synthesia for #training content and Intercom’s Fin for customer #support, for example. Some companies are building their own specialised tools #InHouse.”
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #Anthropic / #AI / #ArtificialIntelligence <https://archive.md/qCmsY> / <https://www.ft.com/content/92dfd571-8d34-42f1-8be8-dce126998e37>
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“While some #companies are still experimenting, a growing number are finding that routine #AnalyticalWork — from #forecasting to financial #modelling — as well as #research and drafting #content, can now be done almost instantly by #SoftwareAgents.
Many have already introduced specific #tools that have transformed the #work of #professionals in their industry — Harvey in #legal services, Writer for #corporate communications, Synthesia for #training content and Intercom’s Fin for customer #support, for example. Some companies are building their own specialised tools #InHouse.”
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #Anthropic / #AI / #ArtificialIntelligence <https://archive.md/qCmsY> / <https://www.ft.com/content/92dfd571-8d34-42f1-8be8-dce126998e37>
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“While some #companies are still experimenting, a growing number are finding that routine #AnalyticalWork — from #forecasting to financial #modelling — as well as #research and drafting #content, can now be done almost instantly by #SoftwareAgents.
Many have already introduced specific #tools that have transformed the #work of #professionals in their industry — Harvey in #legal services, Writer for #corporate communications, Synthesia for #training content and Intercom’s Fin for customer #support, for example. Some companies are building their own specialised tools #InHouse.”
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #Anthropic / #AI / #ArtificialIntelligence <https://archive.md/qCmsY> / <https://www.ft.com/content/92dfd571-8d34-42f1-8be8-dce126998e37>
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“While some #companies are still experimenting, a growing number are finding that routine #AnalyticalWork — from #forecasting to financial #modelling — as well as #research and drafting #content, can now be done almost instantly by #SoftwareAgents.
Many have already introduced specific #tools that have transformed the #work of #professionals in their industry — Harvey in #legal services, Writer for #corporate communications, Synthesia for #training content and Intercom’s Fin for customer #support, for example. Some companies are building their own specialised tools #InHouse.”
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #Anthropic / #AI / #ArtificialIntelligence <https://archive.md/qCmsY> / <https://www.ft.com/content/92dfd571-8d34-42f1-8be8-dce126998e37>
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“I had been #thinking about #AI as both a return to #labour that is owned — a part of #capital — rather than #employed, about two centuries after the abolition of human slavery, and simultaneously as a collapse in the price of intelligence.
The price of #intelligence is falling towards zero in the same way that the price of #communication fell with the invention of #PacketSwitching and TCP/IP. That is, the #Internet.” — Alan Kohler
#ZeroHourWork / #WhiteCollar / #revolution <https://abc.net.au/news/2026-02-16/ai-jobs-fake-breakthrough-resignation-chat-gpt-claude/106346440>
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“I’ve had some further pangs of #DeepBlue just in the past few weeks, thanks to the #Claude Opus 4.5/4.6 and #GPT-5.2/5.3 #CodingAgent effect. As many other people are also observing, the latest generation of #coding agents, given the right prompts, really can churn away for a few minutes to several hours and produce working, documented and fully tested #software that exactly matches the criteria they were given.
“The #code they write isn’t any good” doesn’t really cut it any more.” — #SimonWillison
#AI / #WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork <https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/15/deep-blue/>
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“I’ve had some further pangs of #DeepBlue just in the past few weeks, thanks to the #Claude Opus 4.5/4.6 and #GPT-5.2/5.3 #CodingAgent effect. As many other people are also observing, the latest generation of #coding agents, given the right prompts, really can churn away for a few minutes to several hours and produce working, documented and fully tested #software that exactly matches the criteria they were given.
“The #code they write isn’t any good” doesn’t really cut it any more.” — #SimonWillison
#AI / #WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork <https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/15/deep-blue/>