AI Killed My Job
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Workers' stories about how management, executives and clients are using AI, and how it's impacting them. A @bcmerchant.bsky.social reporting project, edited by Mike Pearl.
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Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
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The job “Being Hitch (from the Eponymous 2005 Movie)” is safe for now
This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
![As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ugcmot4f3ool6cottht63wx4/bafkreierpoqvjgg5hqx3zhtlfmvrfq3vaakb3h5wppcdzrvs5jh3zr7ce4@jpeg)
October 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The job “Being Hitch (from the Eponymous 2005 Movie)” is safe for now
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I gave my students a very impassioned plea against using AI for their work at the beginning of this semester. Now some of their major assignments are coming in, and not only is their work coming up clean on every AI detector, it's also very good stuff. There's hope out there.
October 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I gave my students a very impassioned plea against using AI for their work at the beginning of this semester. Now some of their major assignments are coming in, and not only is their work coming up clean on every AI detector, it's also very good stuff. There's hope out there.
The other possible winners:
October 3, 2025 at 4:09 AM
The other possible winners:
AI has not gotten even close to annihilating the profession of radiology as predicted.
If you’re in medical imaging and you have a story about how it *has* degraded your work life, please email aikilledmyjob@pm.me
If you’re in medical imaging and you have a story about how it *has* degraded your work life, please email aikilledmyjob@pm.me
In 2016 Hinton predicted that AI would replace all radiologists in five years. Ten years later, why hasn't it happened? This post is a great explainer.
www.understandingai.org/p/ai-isnt-re...
www.understandingai.org/p/ai-isnt-re...
AI isn't replacing radiologists
Radiology combines digital images, clear benchmarks, and repeatable tasks. But demand for human radiologists is at an all-time high.
www.understandingai.org
October 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
AI has not gotten even close to annihilating the profession of radiology as predicted.
If you’re in medical imaging and you have a story about how it *has* degraded your work life, please email aikilledmyjob@pm.me
If you’re in medical imaging and you have a story about how it *has* degraded your work life, please email aikilledmyjob@pm.me
much to consider
Are paintings art? They’re just rectangles of arranged pigments capturing thoughts, emotions, beauty, and truth. I mean, they’re fun to look at but “art” I dunnow
September 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
much to consider
the president is about to get booted from the vampire diaries fanfic community
Trump: I'm not a fan of some of the ships you do. I'm a very aesthetic person and I don't like some of the ships you're doing, aesthetically.
September 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
the president is about to get booted from the vampire diaries fanfic community
One study found that “AI coding tools actually made software developers slower, despite expectations to the contrary, because they had to spend time checking for and correcting errors made by the AI”
www.theregister.com/2025/09/23/d...
www.theregister.com/2025/09/23/d...
AI coding hype overblown, Bain shrugs
: Tried by two-thirds of firms, ignored by most devs, and productivity barely moved
www.theregister.com
September 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
One study found that “AI coding tools actually made software developers slower, despite expectations to the contrary, because they had to spend time checking for and correcting errors made by the AI”
www.theregister.com/2025/09/23/d...
www.theregister.com/2025/09/23/d...
"AI tools are being used to produce 'workslop'—content that appears polished but lacks real substance, offloading cognitive labor onto coworkers." 🤦♂️ hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...
AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity
Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...
hbr.org
September 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"AI tools are being used to produce 'workslop'—content that appears polished but lacks real substance, offloading cognitive labor onto coworkers." 🤦♂️ hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...
Humble request for @gavinnewsom.bsky.social: Please take a little break from vetoing pro-worker legislation
These bills are not radical. Whether or he signs them will reveal a lot about the possibilities of legislating AI in California, and beyond. Newsom has after all vetoed pro-worker and risk-mitigating AI bills in the past, siding with Silicon Valley over unions and AI safety groups alike.
September 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Humble request for @gavinnewsom.bsky.social: Please take a little break from vetoing pro-worker legislation
Medical workers involved in diagnostics: you are not the problem! This technology is bad!
Tell us your story. (Yes we can keep you anonymous) aikilledmyjob@pm.me
Tell us your story. (Yes we can keep you anonymous) aikilledmyjob@pm.me
Why AI isn't replacing radiologists: models underperform in hospital settings, AI use faces legal hurdles, and the job is much more than image recognition (The Works in Progress Newsletter)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
September 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Medical workers involved in diagnostics: you are not the problem! This technology is bad!
Tell us your story. (Yes we can keep you anonymous) aikilledmyjob@pm.me
Tell us your story. (Yes we can keep you anonymous) aikilledmyjob@pm.me
This is happening because there's a famous quote about AI being good that's attributed to Lynch. I think a rule one could take from this is that it's ghoulish to use a recently dead person as a mascot because you have a hunch they would agree with you. Lot's of potential applications for this...
this led me into a horrifying rabbit hole where I found another community where Lynch serves as an avatar for "Pro-AI" artists
September 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This is happening because there's a famous quote about AI being good that's attributed to Lynch. I think a rule one could take from this is that it's ghoulish to use a recently dead person as a mascot because you have a hunch they would agree with you. Lot's of potential applications for this...
"The Trump administration agency that manages the government’s real estate holdings, procurement and technology services is partnering with Elon Musk’s xAI [...] federal agencies will now have access to Grok 4 and Grok 4 Fast."
Very cool!
www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
Very cool!
www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump admin reunites with Elon Musk in pursuit of AI dominance: 'Benefit of the country'
The General Services Administration has announced an agreement with Elon Musk's xAI to implement artificial intelligence into the federal workforce and "transform" operations.
www.foxnews.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"The Trump administration agency that manages the government’s real estate holdings, procurement and technology services is partnering with Elon Musk’s xAI [...] federal agencies will now have access to Grok 4 and Grok 4 Fast."
Very cool!
www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
Very cool!
www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
Someone in the healthcare industry emailed, unsure if their experiences with AI counted because they do not work in a clinical/hospital setting.
Yes! These experiences count! Clerical workers, insurance workers, or anyone, anywhere in the healthcare world drop us a line at Aikilledmyjob@pm.me
Yes! These experiences count! Clerical workers, insurance workers, or anyone, anywhere in the healthcare world drop us a line at Aikilledmyjob@pm.me
September 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Someone in the healthcare industry emailed, unsure if their experiences with AI counted because they do not work in a clinical/hospital setting.
Yes! These experiences count! Clerical workers, insurance workers, or anyone, anywhere in the healthcare world drop us a line at Aikilledmyjob@pm.me
Yes! These experiences count! Clerical workers, insurance workers, or anyone, anywhere in the healthcare world drop us a line at Aikilledmyjob@pm.me
It’s ok to be a pseudo-Luddite and, for instance, distrust smartphones. But it’s important to be an actual Luddite while you’re at it
Here's your period reminder that "Luddite" does not mean "hates technology/progress".
It means "hates how technology/progress benefit only the bosses while the workers get the shaft".
It means "hates how technology/progress benefit only the bosses while the workers get the shaft".
Protests, mass meetups, conferences—a youth-led movement is reclaiming the Luddite mantle, rejecting a future dominated by Silicon Valley companies, toxic apps, and generative AI.
This fall, a "Luddite renaissance" is in full swing.
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-luddit...
This fall, a "Luddite renaissance" is in full swing.
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-luddit...
September 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
It’s ok to be a pseudo-Luddite and, for instance, distrust smartphones. But it’s important to be an actual Luddite while you’re at it
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luddites, pronounces like crudites
September 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
luddites, pronounces like crudites
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It's been my hobby theory for a bit now that ChatGPT spells the death of search traffic, which is catastrophic news for media outlets and ecommerce companies that don't have a dedicated sales team.
Readers visit Substack intentionally, not through search. You're not stumbling on a Substack article.
Readers visit Substack intentionally, not through search. You're not stumbling on a Substack article.
September 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
It's been my hobby theory for a bit now that ChatGPT spells the death of search traffic, which is catastrophic news for media outlets and ecommerce companies that don't have a dedicated sales team.
Readers visit Substack intentionally, not through search. You're not stumbling on a Substack article.
Readers visit Substack intentionally, not through search. You're not stumbling on a Substack article.
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I am on my last year on fashion school, it’s dreadful when companies are turning down beauty artists and paying less to models to use their bodies, but the institution encouraging us to use it and rewarding students who do AI editorials and sketches are the absolutely worst
Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI
Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I am on my last year on fashion school, it’s dreadful when companies are turning down beauty artists and paying less to models to use their bodies, but the institution encouraging us to use it and rewarding students who do AI editorials and sketches are the absolutely worst
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You’ve probably read the article already, but for anyone curious to what I am referring-
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/artists-ar...
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/artists-ar...
Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI
Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
You’ve probably read the article already, but for anyone curious to what I am referring-
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/artists-ar...
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/artists-ar...
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Hey healthcare workers!!
Are patients getting bad advice from AI? Tell us your stories (in whatever HIPAA-approved way you can manage)! Aikilledmyjob@pm.me
Are patients getting bad advice from AI? Tell us your stories (in whatever HIPAA-approved way you can manage)! Aikilledmyjob@pm.me
September 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Hey healthcare workers!!
Are patients getting bad advice from AI? Tell us your stories (in whatever HIPAA-approved way you can manage)! Aikilledmyjob@pm.me
Are patients getting bad advice from AI? Tell us your stories (in whatever HIPAA-approved way you can manage)! Aikilledmyjob@pm.me
Actors, reach out!
Especially Michael Shannon, my favorite actor, but ALL actors negatively affected by AI are more than welcome to tell their stories: @aikilledmyjob.bsky.social
Especially Michael Shannon, my favorite actor, but ALL actors negatively affected by AI are more than welcome to tell their stories: @aikilledmyjob.bsky.social
Actors, performers, audiobook narrators, voice actors — if you have stories please share them at AIKilledMyJob@pm.me.
Have you covered voice actors yet? I’ve been horrified to find that even reputable outlets like @propublica.org are using noa’s AI narration in their articles—Which was advertised as such until very recently when noa’s AI project label disappeared. It’s vile. noa doesnt disclose AI on their site
September 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Actors, reach out!
Especially Michael Shannon, my favorite actor, but ALL actors negatively affected by AI are more than welcome to tell their stories: @aikilledmyjob.bsky.social
Especially Michael Shannon, my favorite actor, but ALL actors negatively affected by AI are more than welcome to tell their stories: @aikilledmyjob.bsky.social
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Actors, performers, audiobook narrators, voice actors — if you have stories please share them at AIKilledMyJob@pm.me.
Have you covered voice actors yet? I’ve been horrified to find that even reputable outlets like @propublica.org are using noa’s AI narration in their articles—Which was advertised as such until very recently when noa’s AI project label disappeared. It’s vile. noa doesnt disclose AI on their site
Noa | News Over Audio
Understand the news with audio articles from The NYTimes, FT, Washington Post, Harvard Business Review & more. Become ‘Warren Buffett smart’ with our learning-focused Series, covering hundreds of time...
newsoveraudio.com
September 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Actors, performers, audiobook narrators, voice actors — if you have stories please share them at AIKilledMyJob@pm.me.
Job of “pope” remains un-killed at this time
Pope Leo XIV said a proposal to create an AI-version of him so people could have a virtual audience with the pope pretty much horrified him.
Pope nixes 'virtual pope' idea, explains concerns about AI
Pope Leo XIV said a proposal to create an AI-version of him so people could have a virtual audience with the pope pretty much horrified him.
bit.ly
September 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Job of “pope” remains un-killed at this time
Distributing piece of reporting here about people accidentally nuking their marriages by having ChatGPT play robo-referee in their fights futurism.com/chatgpt-marr...
September 19, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Distributing piece of reporting here about people accidentally nuking their marriages by having ChatGPT play robo-referee in their fights futurism.com/chatgpt-marr...
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This. At one job we had, the whole art department was slashed down to 1 person overnight cause or AI. I was also removed
funny thing is, they ended up using none of their ai-generated designs and still kept using my concept art until the very end 🥹. It’s crazy
funny thing is, they ended up using none of their ai-generated designs and still kept using my concept art until the very end 🥹. It’s crazy
Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI
Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
This. At one job we had, the whole art department was slashed down to 1 person overnight cause or AI. I was also removed
funny thing is, they ended up using none of their ai-generated designs and still kept using my concept art until the very end 🥹. It’s crazy
funny thing is, they ended up using none of their ai-generated designs and still kept using my concept art until the very end 🥹. It’s crazy
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Whenever someone questions market impacts of GenAi, show them this article.
Make them read each heart breaking story.
People’s livelihoods are being negatively impacted, by a tech that relied on the work of those same people to function at capacity.
The whole thing makes me sick.
Make them read each heart breaking story.
People’s livelihoods are being negatively impacted, by a tech that relied on the work of those same people to function at capacity.
The whole thing makes me sick.
Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI
Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Whenever someone questions market impacts of GenAi, show them this article.
Make them read each heart breaking story.
People’s livelihoods are being negatively impacted, by a tech that relied on the work of those same people to function at capacity.
The whole thing makes me sick.
Make them read each heart breaking story.
People’s livelihoods are being negatively impacted, by a tech that relied on the work of those same people to function at capacity.
The whole thing makes me sick.