<![CDATA[Survey at work asks what AI tools one might be using and how much time I am saving per week.]]>Survey at work asks what AI tools one might be using and how much time I am saving per week. But there is no option to say I don’t use AI.

It’s like in a sci-fi movie, when a crew member realizes they are the only one left that is not infected by the zombie plague.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/65c1e4ef-261e-475b-89b2-bca743eccd24/survey-at-work-asks-what-ai-tools-one-might-be-using-and-how-much-time-i-am-saving-per-week.RSS for NodeThu, 30 Apr 2026 06:25:52 GMTSat, 11 Apr 2026 07:13:45 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Survey at work asks what AI tools one might be using and how much time I am saving per week. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 21:16:57 GMT]]>@eq @tsturm

So far my employer hasn’t been too terrible about requiring generative “AI” for work tasks, but I see so many internal announcements that are very suspect.

In particular, I see far too many messages that begin with “[thing] is not an X — it’s a Y”, or a trivial variant of that form, and they’re clearly either gen-“AI” output or people writing like gen-“AI” output because they think that’s how you should write. I cringe inwardly each time I see one.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/dpnash/statuses/116388149184077092https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/dpnash/statuses/116388149184077092Sat, 11 Apr 2026 21:16:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Survey at work asks what AI tools one might be using and how much time I am saving per week. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 20:53:04 GMT]]>@erik @tsturm

They used AI to write it. 😄

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/BillySmith/statuses/116388055235445187https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/BillySmith/statuses/116388055235445187Sat, 11 Apr 2026 20:53:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Survey at work asks what AI tools one might be using and how much time I am saving per week. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:16:32 GMT]]>@tsturm Brought up and guided by an ethical statistician, this leads me to think that either
- the survey was written by complete amateurs who should not be given access to a spreadsheet
- the survey was written by people who wanted a specific result and should not be trusted as any « finding » is tainted by leading/forced questions

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.infrageeks.social/users/erik/statuses/116387439748917317https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.infrageeks.social/users/erik/statuses/116387439748917317Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:16:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Survey at work asks what AI tools one might be using and how much time I am saving per week. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:25:42 GMT]]>@tsturm

Last remaining human in the firm run by business idiots infected by AI psychosis:

- YouTube

Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.

favicon

(www.youtube.com)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/downey/statuses/116386767973803657https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/downey/statuses/116386767973803657Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:25:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Survey at work asks what AI tools one might be using and how much time I am saving per week. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:56:05 GMT]]>@tsturm "we definitely didn't make a horrible mistake. tell us how right we were."

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/fishidwardrobe/statuses/116386651523122932https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/fishidwardrobe/statuses/116386651523122932Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:56:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Survey at work asks what AI tools one might be using and how much time I am saving per week. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:15:43 GMT]]>@jwcph @n1xnx I didn't have to have this conversation yet... we will see how it goes.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/tsturm/statuses/116386492796628659https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/tsturm/statuses/116386492796628659Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:15:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Survey at work asks what AI tools one might be using and how much time I am saving per week. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:14:00 GMT]]>@n1xnx @tsturm I've been completely open at work (where there's also a strong pro-AI policy 🙄😞 They pay me for the results I'm supposed to produce & AI isn't helping me do that, so if they make me use AI they take time away from my result-producing work, making me less valuable as an employee, while still paying my fairly generous hourly rate. So far it has kept management from insisting... 🤞

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://helvede.net/users/jwcph/statuses/116386486063899273https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://helvede.net/users/jwcph/statuses/116386486063899273Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:14:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Survey at work asks what AI tools one might be using and how much time I am saving per week. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:06:35 GMT]]>@tsturm
I've seen similar:
How much time does AI save you per week?
- 0-5 hours
- 5-10 hours
- 10+ hours

No option for "AI actually slows me down because I have to spend more time dealing with everyone else's slop, and CI servers are backed up with the extra workloads."

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bigshoulders.city/users/wakingrufus/statuses/116386456881831950https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bigshoulders.city/users/wakingrufus/statuses/116386456881831950Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:06:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Survey at work asks what AI tools one might be using and how much time I am saving per week. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:01:25 GMT]]>@jwcph @tsturm

Caution forbids my telling anyone my plan for avoiding the AI nonsense at work...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tilde.zone/users/n1xnx/statuses/116386436556497730https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tilde.zone/users/n1xnx/statuses/116386436556497730Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:01:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Survey at work asks what AI tools one might be using and how much time I am saving per week. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:12:11 GMT]]>@tsturm

Stockholders only ask for the answers they want to hear.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://saint-paul.us/ap/users/115736849857800684/statuses/116386242957507773https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://saint-paul.us/ap/users/115736849857800684/statuses/116386242957507773Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:12:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Survey at work asks what AI tools one might be using and how much time I am saving per week. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:11:06 GMT]]>@tsturm Yup, some people I know just had an AI course at work where they were asked to describe how it improves their work & there was no option to say "not at all"... It's insane, no business worth the tiniest amount of salt should act like this for anything.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://helvede.net/users/jwcph/statuses/116386238705356810https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://helvede.net/users/jwcph/statuses/116386238705356810Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:11:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Survey at work asks what AI tools one might be using and how much time I am saving per week. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:57:29 GMT]]>@tsturm

I have been getting random push surveys from various companies with the same deficit.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ohai.social/users/resuna/statuses/116386185190818825https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ohai.social/users/resuna/statuses/116386185190818825Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:57:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Survey at work asks what AI tools one might be using and how much time I am saving per week. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:56:55 GMT]]>@tsturm 10/10 approach. it's not even a hill to die on, just a hill from which to watch the trainwrecks.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/happyturtlethings/statuses/116386182938565557https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/happyturtlethings/statuses/116386182938565557Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:56:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Survey at work asks what AI tools one might be using and how much time I am saving per week. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:52:24 GMT]]>@wakame Yep. Same. 😅

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/tsturm/statuses/116386165206929659https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/tsturm/statuses/116386165206929659Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:52:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Survey at work asks what AI tools one might be using and how much time I am saving per week. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:51:53 GMT]]>@fishidwardrobe "Please tell us that we didn't make a horrible mistake!"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/tsturm/statuses/116386163151972609https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/tsturm/statuses/116386163151972609Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:51:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Survey at work asks what AI tools one might be using and how much time I am saving per week. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:49:56 GMT]]>@syn_rst Yep, when this AI stuff doesn't work out, the top management will 100% blame their employees for just using the fantastic AI wrong.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/tsturm/statuses/116386155465526024https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/tsturm/statuses/116386155465526024Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:49:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Survey at work asks what AI tools one might be using and how much time I am saving per week. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:46:59 GMT]]>@eq It's really weird - now that I fully suspect this coworker to use GPT for their answers, I don't want to interact with them and even just responding to these messages feels now like an insult.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/tsturm/statuses/116386143865384733https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/tsturm/statuses/116386143865384733Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:46:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Survey at work asks what AI tools one might be using and how much time I am saving per week. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:45:33 GMT]]>@krans [non-AI fistbump]

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/tsturm/statuses/116386138263630502https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/tsturm/statuses/116386138263630502Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:45:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Survey at work asks what AI tools one might be using and how much time I am saving per week. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:45:10 GMT]]>@eq Nope. You ARE using AI and you ARE OBVIOUSLY saving dozens of hours every week. 🤷‍♂️

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/tsturm/statuses/116386136759615180https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/tsturm/statuses/116386136759615180Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:45:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Survey at work asks what AI tools one might be using and how much time I am saving per week. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:43:52 GMT]]>@happyturtlethings I'm not doing it until they literally tell me they'll fire me otherwise. And then I will use AI in the most ridiculous way possible, because fuck all of this.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/tsturm/statuses/116386131650137878https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/tsturm/statuses/116386131650137878Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:43:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Survey at work asks what AI tools one might be using and how much time I am saving per week. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:23:34 GMT]]>@tsturm

AI tools I use: Intellisense, compiler warnings

Time saved per week: 0.25 hours with Intellisense, 0.75 with compiler warnings

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/wakame/statuses/116386051849411652https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/wakame/statuses/116386051849411652Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:23:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Survey at work asks what AI tools one might be using and how much time I am saving per week. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:04:42 GMT]]>@tsturm "how much time you are saving a week".

that survey tells you more about the people that set it, than the results will tell them.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/fishidwardrobe/statuses/116385505743150164https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/fishidwardrobe/statuses/116385505743150164Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:04:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Survey at work asks what AI tools one might be using and how much time I am saving per week. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:47:17 GMT]]>@tsturm
I'd say there's a confirmation bias built-in.
Providing even the option to officially state abstaining from the use of LLM-tools or even gaining "negative saving" by the use of these tools would contradict the image of LLMs being helpful and reshaping the workplace landscape.

So, obviously, none of the people putting their names under multi-million - if not billion - dollar contracts licensing LLM models want to hear or read they made a wrong - and costly - decision.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://norden.social/ap/users/115600190321040136/statuses/116385437285078547https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://norden.social/ap/users/115600190321040136/statuses/116385437285078547Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:47:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Survey at work asks what AI tools one might be using and how much time I am saving per week. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:46:16 GMT]]>@tsturm @cstross I’m in basically the same situation, plus getting a weekly email reminding me I have not activated my copilot pro license.

If you have the option to simply ignore those polls, it could be the best strategy. I

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodont.cat/users/jguillaumes/statuses/116385433296234895https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodont.cat/users/jguillaumes/statuses/116385433296234895Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:46:16 GMT