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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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“Good tech don't need people to be forced to use it." — Anil Dash
#tech / #AITools / #AI / #Claude / #labour / #LLM / #workers / #AnilDash / #TheAtlantic / #WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNdjLf4f0uU>
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“In our in-progress research, we discovered that #AITools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it. In an eight-month study of how #GenerativeAI changed #work habits at a U.S.-based #technology company with about 200 employees, we found that #employees worked at a faster pace, took on a broader scope of #tasks and extended work into more hours of the day, often without being asked to do so.
Importantly, the company did not mandate AI use (though it did offer enterprise subscriptions to commercially available AI tools). On their own initiative workers did more because AI made “doing more” feel possible, accessible, and in many cases intrinsically rewarding.”
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #AI <https://hbr.org/2026/02/ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it>
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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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@dacig a summary of what I think AI will impact:
* objective of AI: increase dollar value capture through automation of tasks replacing human work activity* human tasks using LANGUAGE will be hit first. Software creation is being impacted now.
* in some time in the future, tasks that use or output language will be automated using higher level instructions (detailed design specifications, test assertions and output verification)
* because software is eating the world, every task using software will be impacted by AI in both speed to market and breadth of scope.
* as the AI allows more difficult problems to be described, more specialised software can be made.
* human work that requires co-ordination b/w people (middle management, comms) will be removed and impacted as tasks reduce head count.
* human work requiring physical activity will be (future) eaten by specifically trained humanoid robots (car makers)
Now I caveat all of the AI replacement trajectory with cost. If replacement of work costs more than workers, this will collapse the AI market. This will delay, but not stop AI replacing humans and will be limited by the “effectiveness of Large Language Models” and cost.
So the Oligarchy class want what I call #ZeroHourWork for the #WhiteCollar and try to replace #BlueCollar workers. The Q I ask is, is AI now Stephensons Rocket in the Age of Steam? 🚂
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Australia: “High-profile investor Hyperion Asset Management has dramatically cut its #exposure to #SoftwareStocks as it attempts to stem the bleeding from what it describes as one of the toughest periods in the firm’s 30-year history.
The $15 billion money manager has been among the hardest hit from the recent rout in the #technology sector as #investors around the world dumped #SoftwareFirms, worried that #ArtificialIntelligence will replicate their services at a fraction of the #cost.”
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #AI / #stonks <https://www.afr.com/markets/equity-markets/hyperion-sells-software-stocks-after-tech-rout-smashes-returns-20260218-p5o38x> (paywall) /
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“At his peak, Burt, who has been in the voiceover industry for 15 years, says he was bringing in six figures a year. ‘I never thought I’d get to that point as an artist or actor, so I was crazy-proud,” he says. “Now I sell storage to pay my rent.’ While Burt says people have been talking about the threat of #AI for at least the past four years, he says it wasn’t until 2024 that things started declining rapidly.
“That was when I started seeing more and more #AITraining #jobs out there,” he says. “They were getting #VoiceActors to participate in their own demise.”
“The real visceral moment, that kick in the pants, was my voice being cloned,” he says. “A previous client took recordings that we completed together, cancelled the contract and fed those recordings into an #AIModel.”
The same year, Burt lost 40 per cent of his annual turnover. Now, he says it is down 90 per cent.”#ZeroHourWork / #WhiteCollar / #Arts <https://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace/this-voiceover-actor-was-dumped-from-his-contract-his-voice-was-cloned-20260213-p5o230.html> / <https://archive.md/A5ZVa>
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“OpenClaw can feel like a game changer for digital #communications. Its ability to monitor, summarize, and automate seems perfectly suited to managing a deluge of #emails and other #messages.
I asked #Molty to read emails and flag anything that looked important. I had it ignore PR pitches (sorry PR friends!) and promotions, but asked it to summarize newsletters that I might want to read in full. In theory, #OpenClaw *should be* more than capable of setting up meetings by handling threads involving several people, although I haven’t tested this yet.
It is important to note that giving #OpenClaw complete access to your real email is incredibly risky, because #AIModels can be tricked into sharing private #information with an #attacker”
#ZeroHourWork / #WhiteCollar / #AI <https://www.wired.com/story/malevolent-ai-agent-openclaw-clawdbot/> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/Lu5Py>
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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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“My real worry remains that AI-crazy companies will fire #developers willy-nilly and replace them with #AI to make their bottom line look better. AI simply isn't ready to take over programming jobs yet, no matter how many #CEOs insist it's already a game-changer.
No, it's just a useful #tool that requires careful, expert use to be effective. ®”
#WhiteCollar / #Anthropic / #ZeroHourWork <https://theregister.com/2026/02/13/anthropic_c_compiler>
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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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#HappyHappy #HappyDoubleTimeAndAHalfAndADayInLieuDay...!
#Except the #RacistHomophobes at #SSG and the #AngryIncels at #vmst; they're #Probably #StillDead... #Anyway...
Are we all feeling #HotHotHot...?!
#BTW: #IF you can't #Remember what #DoubleTimeAndAHalfAndADayInLieu was; #IT's what #Employers used to #Pay #TheRightStaff™️ to #Work #UnsocialHours; #YouKnow, #Before #ZeroHoursContracts were #Invented and #Everyone was #Fired...
Have a #LittleThink #AboutThat... #ThisFictionalChristmas...
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#BeingEuropean #MostlyEurope #StayingEuropean #EULaw #FictionalChristmas #TotallyNotEaster
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The #UK has seen an “explosion” in insecure, low-paid #work in the past 14 years, according to a new report.
The #TUC said its study had found that the number of people in insecure work had reached a record high of 4.1 million
Analysis of official statistics shows number of people in precarious #employment – such as #ZeroHours contracts, low-paid self-employment & casual or seasonal work – increased ~1 million between 2011 & 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/14/uk-explosion-in-insecure-work-tuc-report
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Cláudia Coutinho será a primeira mulher a presidir a ARI em 90 anos
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89 #seconds to midnight? Hahaha! Apparently, everyone BUT the #Atomic #Scientists knows the #Doomsday Clock ⏰️ ticked past Midnight (Zero Hour) exactly 8 days ago! #DoomsdayClock #war #climate #science #politics #news #government #worldnews
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#Kommander on #BlakeChristian:
First #Hurricanrana on #ZeroHour; and again! Then #Kommander on #LeeJohnston (last two were on the ring #apron: )Will there be more #rana?
Yes.
#Ricochet on #SwerveStrickland after #PrinceNana walked out on Swerve? (
And a #PoisonRana from Ric 'O Shea again on "The Realest"#TreeOfWoe rana by #MariahMay on #ToniStorm as part of their gruesome "hollywood ending"
Rana by the recently healed #KennyOmega on #KonosukeTakashita
Much later in the same match was the event's second Poison Rana by Kenny on KonosukeEarly in the #CageMatch, the #UK's #WillOspreay ranas former buddy #Australian #KyleFletcher (kayfabe: they're still friends for realz)
Osprey later countered Kyle with the third poison rana of the night.
And Osprey countered AGAIN with a regular rana.11 ranas so far...
Just 1 shy of #Wwe's January #RoyalRumble and i doubt this upcoming main event will produce a rana.On #AewRevolution from #LosAngeles
#Aew #Revolution for the first time on #Amazon #PrimeVideo -
#DanteMartin #hurricanrana'd #theBeastMortos before #Kommander got more hang time than ever on #aew #fullGear then it was #Kommander's turn to give the beast a #rana, then another poison rana off the ropes between the same 2 #wrestlers on #zeroHour
Then on #AEWFullGear main show #MercedesMoné rana'd #KrisStatlander off the ring apron to the outside of the ring.
And later again #willOspreay rana'd #KyleFletcher twice in the opening minutes of their classic bout
A "maybe" rana by #Ricochet on #KonosukeTakeshita. And 2 more again later, first being off the top corner.
For a total of 9 ranas - the new record!
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Zero Hour (Crimson Spiders #1) by Christian Warren Freed
Release Date January 12, 2026
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Zero Hour (Crimson Spiders #1) by Christian Warren Freed
Release Date January 12, 2026
#ScienceFiction #MilitaryScienceFiction -
Zero Hour (Crimson Spiders #1) by Christian Warren Freed
Release Date January 12, 2026
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What's that #Thing that #Happens when you're a "University Lecturer" on a #ZeroHoursContract and your "Business" runs at a #DeadLoss...
There's #Definitely a #PatternOfBehaviour and #DenizOpal / #DenizHuseyin #Still didn't #Invent: #HowToBeACunt...
#StillTrue™️
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What's that #Thing that #Happens when you're a "University Lecturer" on a #ZeroHoursContract and your "Business" can't even #MakeRent on a #TeenyTiny #CommercialProperty in #Cambridge...? With a #BustedFlush...?
#HowDesperate is #That...?
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Scourgebringer, Songs of Silence y Zero Hour están gratis en Epic Games Store
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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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#EA today released as #opensource #CommandAndConquer Tiberian Dawn, Red Alert, Renegade, and Generals - Zero Hour. The #game #sourcecode is now under a #GPL license and available for the fan community to modify and extend as well as allowing these games to build on platforms moving forward.
Beyond just making the old source code available, EA has enabled #SteamWorkshop support for more Command and Conquer titles.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/EA-Open-Source-CnC-Red-Alert